Add CN Post LTI 1.1 to Canvas Course

Reminder: to ensure the best user experience, please kindly advise your users to use Google Chrome or Firefox browsers to access CN Post.

Step 1: Go to Settings

• If you are an LMS admin wanting to add CN to all of your Canvas courses, select the Settings option on the left-hand menu of the institution admin page.

• If you (as a school admin) need to add CN to a select course, or you are an instructor wanting to add CN to your Canvas course, select the Settings option on the left-hand menu of the specific Canvas course page.

Step 2: Click on “Apps”

• Click on the “Apps” tab at the top of the page.
• In the “Apps” tab, click on the blue “Add App” button.

Step 3: Configure App Settings

• Select the Configuration Type “Paste XML” from the drop-down
• Enter “CourseNetworking (CN)”, "CN Post", or "CN ePortfolio" into the name field. Use a name that is relevant to your use case. 
• Enter the LTI key in the Consumer key field. (We will share this information with you separately, please do not share this confidential credential)
• Enter the LTI secret in the Shared Secret field. (We will share this information with you separately, please do not share this confidential credential)

   

  HINT: *If you don't have a consumer key and shared secret yet, please contact lti@coursenetworking.com to request them.

• Copy and paste the following code into the XML Configuration field. Be sure to copy and paste all of it. Then click submit.

Hint: You can customize the tab name. If you will use CN primarily for social discussion, you may name it "CN Post". If your primary use will be the social ePortfolio, you may name it "CN ePortfolio". To customize the tab name, simply replace the highlighted red text in the XML code below with the ideal text. 

If your institution decides to make CN hidden from the default Canvas course navigation and thave instructors enable it if they wish to use it, please change the purple highlighted lines to:

<lticm:property name="default">disabled</lticm:property>

 <lticm:property name="disabled">true</lticm:property>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<cartridge_basiclti_link

    xmlns="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticc_v1p0"

    xmlns:blti = "http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsbasiclti_v1p0"

    xmlns:lticm ="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticm_v1p0"

    xmlns:lticp ="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticp_v1p0"

    xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

    xsi:schemaLocation = "http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticc_v1p0 http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/lti/ltiv1p0/imslticc_v1p0.xsd

    http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsbasiclti_v1p0 http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/lti/ltiv1p0/imsbasiclti_v1p0.xsd

    http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticm_v1p0 http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/lti/ltiv1p0/imslticm_v1p0.xsd

    http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticp_v1p0 http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/lti/ltiv1p0/imslticp_v1p0.xsd">

    <blti:title>CourseNetworking (CN)</blti:title>

    <blti:description>This tool will provide posts that are related to your current course based on its category</blti:description>

    <blti:icon>https://www.thecn.com/program/img/com/icon/home-cn-logo-s_16x16.png</blti:icon>

    <blti:launch_url>https://www.thecn.com/program/lti/course</blti:launch_url>

    <blti:extensions platform="canvas.instructure.com">

        <lticm:property name="tool_id">cnpost</lticm:property>

        <lticm:property name="privacy_level">public</lticm:property>

        <lticm:options name="course_navigation">

            <lticm:property name="url">https://www.thecn.com/program/lti/course</lticm:property>

            <lticm:property name="text">CourseNetworking (CN)</lticm:property>

            <lticm:property name="visibility">public</lticm:property>

            <lticm:property name="default">enabled</lticm:property>

            <lticm:property name="enabled">true</lticm:property>

        </lticm:options>

    </blti:extensions>

    <cartridge_bundle identifierref="BLTI001_Bundle"/>

    <cartridge_icon identifierref="BLTI001_Icon"/>

</cartridge_basiclti_link>   ______________________________________________________________________________

Step 4: Display

• After submitting the CN App configuration information, it appears under the “External Tools” section.
• If you visit a course page, CN should appear in the left navigation menu.