Canvas Deep Integration Instructor Assignment Deployment

SIMnet Blackboard Deep Integration Instructor Assignment Deployment

1. Log into your Blackboard account and navigate to your Blackboard course.

After you've initally deployed your course in Blackboard, any pending changes that result from updating a SIMnet assignment title, dates, or max points need to be accepted into Blackboard directly.

In the Ultra Course View:

1. Click on Books & Tools

2. Click the arrow dropdown to expand the menu under SIMnet

3. Click Refresh Content

4. Select all the assignments and click submit

In the Original Course View:

1. Click on Content Market Tools under Course Tools on the left nav

2. Click on Your SIMnet Course Content

3. Click on Refresh Content

4. Select all the assignments and click submit

D2L Deep Integration Instructor Assignment Deployment

1. Log into your D2L account and navigate to your D2L course.

Assignment Relinking Process

The Assignment Relinking Process is generally a one time process. The purpose of relinking is to update the internal pairing links that SIMnet uses to communicate with your LMS assignments. When you copy a LMS class the assignment links point toward the source SIMnet class, the SIMnet relinking process will update these assignment links to match your current SIMnet class.

• To re-link your assignments using the LMS assignment title, points, and dates click Relink Pull. This process will relink and update the SIMnet assignment title, points, and dates to match values in the LMS

• To re-link your assignments using the SIMnet assignment title, points, and dates click Relink Push. This process will relink and update the LMS assignment title, points, and dates to match the values in SIMnet.

Instructor, Administrator Course Pairing for MH Campus Deep

Registering for SIMnet directly from your school's Learning Management System (LMS) is simple one time process.

1. Click on the SIMnet link from your LMS

Locate and click on the McGraw Hill Campus link, SIMnet assignment, or SIMnet link in your LMS to start the process.

The URL subdomain is prepoplulated with the most common URL associated with your schools LMS identifier. Some schools may have multiple SIMnet URLs, so please confirm or correct the SIMnet URL where your class is taught.

You will be prompted to either create a new SIMnet account or sign in with an existing SIMnet account. Depending on your school's setup, some fields may need to be input to complete the registration. Click Create Account or Sign In to complete the pairing process.

Select your SIMnet class below or create an existing SIMnet class.

Auto, copy, and pair (ACP) is a learning management system (LMS) integration technology that supports the automatic provisioning and deployment of classes in SIMnet based on a pre-configured master class. ACP is available for all Canvas, Desire2Learn, and Blackboard assignment level integrations through McGraw Hill Campus.

Configure ACP with SIMnet

1. Ensure your LMS has the assignment level McGraw Hill Campus application installed and configured.

2. Create a parent class in your LMS.

   • The parent LMS class should not contain any students.

   • The parent LMS class may contain non-SIMnet assignments and content.

   • The parent LMS class title will be used as the section title in the auto-created SIMnet class.

3. Create a parent class in SIMnet.

   • The parent SIMnet class should be closed and not contain any students.

   • The parent SIMnet class title will be shared with all child classes created through the ACP integration.

   • Configure your class, assignments, and gradebook for the SIMnet class.

4. Pair the parent LMS class to the parent SIMnet class through the non-ACP pairing process. This needs to be done by the LMS admin.

   • In the parent SIMnet class, deploy all SIMnet assignments to the LMS parent class through the Integrate area in the SIMnet Course Manager.

   • Copy the “ACP Master Config” setting in the Edit/Assign or Snapshot area of the SIMnet parent class. Only copy the acp_master_section_id=xx.xxxxx portion.

   • Paste the SIMnet ACP Master Config in the McGraw Hill Campus application configuration for parent LMS class.

5. In your LMS, copy the parent LMS class for each child section you will need in SIMnet.

6. On the first visit to SIMnet from each child LMS section, the ACP process will automatically create a copy of the SIMnet parent class, pair the child class, and deploy all assignments to the child LMS class.

To ensure the best results, create a new SIMnet parent class each term to modify any assignment or gradebook settings prior to the creation of child classes.

SIMnet Course and Section Titles with Auto, Copy, and Pair

The following logic is used when creating a SIMnet course with ACP:

• The SIMnet class title is set to match the source class title in SIMnet identified by the acp_master_section_id setting.

• The SIMnet section title is set based on the context_title from the LTI launch initiating the ACP flow.

  • If the above class title + section title combination doesn’t result in a unique title, then the following alternative section title is used

    • The SIMnet section title is set basedon the context_title + (context_label). We use context_label from the LTI launch initiating the paring flow

    • If the alternate class + section title doesn’t result in a unique title, we cancel ACP and send the Instructor through the manual pairing flow.

Invalid Assignment Error Message

Students may receive the following error message when accesing an assignment from the LMS. This issue typically occurs when the LMS course has been copied and the SIMnet assignments are still linked to the 'original' or 'parent' SIMnet course the LMS course was copied from.

This error may also occur because the SIMnet assignment has been removed, but the linked assignment on the LMS remains intact.

How do I resolve the Invalid Assignment Error?

• Delete the assignment from the LMS.

• Redeploy the assignment in SIMnet.