Admins can integrate the YuJa Engage Platform into their Blackboard Ultra Learning Management System (LMS). The integration will allow polls to be created and published directly to desired courses and viewed by admins, instructors, and students. If you have any questions regarding the steps in this process, please get in touch with your dedicated Customer Success Manager.
Integrating YuJa Engage for LTI 1.3
Before you start the steps below, please ensure you have received your Client ID from your Customer Success Manager.
- Log in to Blackboard Ultra as an admin and click Admin in the left-hand navigation menu.
- Under the Integrations panel, click LTI Tool Providers.
- Click Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool.
- Paste the Client ID your Customer Success Manager provided in the Client ID field.
- Click Submit.
- The fields will automatically populate. The Tool Redirect URL will be required for future steps; copy or make a note of the URL.
- Next, click Submit and move to the next section of this guide.
Managing the LTI Tool Placement
After integrating the YuJa Engage LTI tool for Blackboard Ultra, you can manage the placement of the tool to allow instructors and students to access YuJa Engage for their courses.
- Log in to Blackboard Ultra as an admin and click Admin in the left-hand navigation menu.
- Under the Integrations panel, click LTI Tool Providers.
- You will be directed to the LTI Tool Providers list, where you can locate the newly added Engage tool. Click on the drop-down arrow.
- From the menu, select Manage Placements.
- Click Create Placement.
- Enter the information as follows and then click Submit. The course tool will allow instructors to access YuJa Engage within Blackboard Ultra.
- Label: Any name of your choice (e.g., YuJa Engage Content Tool).
- Handle: Any name of your choice (e.g., YuJa Engage Content Tool).
- Availability: Yes.
- Type: Course Tool.
- Allow student access.
- Target Link URL: Enter the Tool Redirect URL noted earlier.
- Click Create Placement once more.
- Enter the information as follows and then click Submit to complete the integration process. The Deep Linking Content Tool will allow instructors to post published Polls within their course.
- Label: Any name of your choice (e.g., YuJa Engage Deep Linking).
- Handle: Any name of your choice (e.g., YuJa Engage Deep Linking).
- Availability: Yes.
- Type: Deep Linking Content Tool.
- Allow student access.
- Target Link URL: Enter the Tool Redirect URL noted earlier.
Accessing YuJa Engage within the LMS
Once the Engage LTI tool has been integrated, it will be available for admins and instructors to access from the Content Market for any selected course. For a complete guide on publishing Polls for grade sync, please visit our support guide.
- Log in to Blackboard Ultra as an admin or instructor and navigate to the desired course.
- Click the Content tab and then click the Plus icon to reveal the Course Content drop-down menu. Next, select Content Market from the drop-down menu.
- Locate and click on the YuJa Engage Course Content Tool created earlier.
- This will allow you to access YuJa Engage to create and publish Polls within Blackboard Ultra.
- Once a Poll has been published, you can navigate back to the Content Market for your course and select the YuJa Engage Deep Linking Tool.
- This will allow you to post your Poll to your course by clicking the Insert icon. As students complete Polls, grades will be synced to the LMS.