• Linking assignments in
  • Canvas
  • Blackboard (Original)
  • Blackboard (Ultra)
  • Brightspace
• Linking assessments
• Common Mistakes

Creating assignment links in Canvas

1. In your Canvas course, navigate to the Modules and add an item to an existing module. You may need to create the module first

2. Add an "External Tool" and select "Deep Link Selection" from the list. 

   

3. From the modal, choose the class zyBook you want to link to

4. Then select all the assignments you want to link using the checkboxes on the right.

   You can select all assignments at once toward the top and set the point value for each assignment. 

   There is also an option to set the point value for each of the assignments individually.

5. Once the assignments are selected, click "Link selected item(s)". You may need to scroll down to see this option

   After this, you should see all of the assignments populate in your module. Each assignment should also have a corresponding grade item in the gradebook.

    

6. IMPORTANT: To finish the process, click on 1 of the assignment links

   This will redirect you to where the assignment begins, and it ensures the integration is complete.

    

   

    

    

    

    

Creating assignment links in Blackboard (Original)

1. In your Blackboard course, navigate to the Content page to build content. Here, you should see "zyBooks LTI 1.3 Deep Linking" as an option. 

   Note: The name of the option may be slightly different depending on how the LMS admins named the link
   

2. In the new window that opens, select the book you want to link to

3. Then select all the assignments you want to link using the checkboxes on the right.

   You can select all assignments at once toward the top and set the point value for each assignment. 

   There is also an option to set the point value for each of the assignments individually. 

   

4. Once the assignments are selected, click "Link selected item(s)". You may need to scroll down to see this option
5. After this, you should see all of the assignments populate in your module. Each assignment should also have a corresponding grade item in the gradebook.

6. To finish the process, click on 1 of the assignment links.

   This will redirect you to where the assignment begins, and it ensures the integration is complete.

Creating assignment links in Blackboard (Ultra)

1. In your Blackboard course, navigate to the Content page to build content. Click on the plus button to add a resource and then select "Content Market".

   

2. A modal with different tools should appear. Click on the one that says "zyBooks LTI 1.3 Deep Linking". 

   

   Note: If you do not see a "Deep Linking" option, then your LMS admin may not have enabled Deep Linking and will need to follow our guide, LTI 1.3 Deep Link Configuration.

    

3. In the new window that opens, select the book you want to link to

4. Then select all the assignments you want to link using the checkboxes on the right.

   You can select all assignments at once toward the top and set the point value for each assignment. 

   There is also an option to set the point value for each of the assignments individually. 

   

5. Once the assignments are selected, click "Link selected item(s)". You may need to scroll down to see this option

6. After this, you should see all of the assignments populate in your module. Each assignment should also have a corresponding grade item in the gradebook. 

   

7. To finish the process, click on 1 of the assignment links

   This will redirect you to where the assignment begins, and it ensures the integration is complete.

Creating assignment links in Brightspace

1. Begin by going to your course content. Add "Existing Activities" and then choose "zyBooks Assignment Deep Link"* 

Note: The name of the option may be slightly different depending on how the LMS admins named the link

2. From the modal, choose the class zyBook you want to link to

3. Then select all the assignments you want to link using the checkboxes on the right.

 You can select all assignments at once toward the top and set the point value for each assignment. 

There is also an option to set the point value for each of the assignments individually. 

4. Once the assignments are selected, click "Link selected item(s)". You may need to scroll down to see this option

After this, you should see all of the assignments populate in your module. Each assignment should also have a corresponding grade item in the gradebook. 

5. To finish the process, click on 1 of the assignment links 

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This will redirect you to where the assignment begins, and it ensures the integration is complete. 

Assessment Links 

If you have assessments in your book, you are also able to link them by selecting them using the checkboxes on the left-hand side. 

Common mistakes and how to resolve

A common mistake is to skip the final step of launching the link. This must be done every time the deep link modal closes. (eg. generally whenever you are creating new LTI links/a new batch of LTI links.) 

If you recently created links via Deep linking, and your students let you know they are seeing a message like: 

• {"success": false, "error": {"code": 400, "message": "An instructor has not yet configured the link \"ASSIGNMENT_NAME\" from the course \"LMS_COURSE\" to point to a zyBook section or assignment. You may wish to contact your instructor about the unconfigured link.", "error_id": "657ede09-3a37-4a56-9482-411a68caf9a5"}}"

Then, going back to launch that link to complete the integration should fix the error for students.