This document provides instructions on integrating the Panorama Platform into your D2L Learning Management System (LMS). Before proceeding with the steps below, please ensure that you have full access to your D2L Brightspace instance as an admin. If you have any questions regarding any steps in this process, please contact your dedicated Client Success Manager.
Obtaining Your Consumer Key and LTI Secret for Your Integration
Before proceeding with the steps below, you will need to have received an email from your Client Success Manager asking you to sign up for your Panorama account. Sign up for your account, and then proceed with the steps below.
- Log in to your Panorama Account.
- Click Configurations from the left-side menu, and then select Integration Settings.
- From the Select Integration drop-down menu, select LTI 1.1.
- Copy your Consumer Key and LTI Secret as they will be required in the next section of this guide.
Adding Panorama to D2L Brightspace
The first process in integrating Panorama is to have the Panorama LTI link availabale in your D2L Brightspace instance.
- Log in as an Admin.
- From the top-right corner, click the Gear icon.
- Under Organization Related, click External Learning Tools.
- Select the Manage External Learning Tool Links tab, and then click New Link.
- Enter Panorama as the Title.
- Under URL, copy and paste your zone URL.
- US Zone: https://panorama-api.yuja.com/lti/lti-app
- CAN Zone: https://panorama-api-cz.yuja.com/lti/lti-app
- EU Zone: https://panorama-api-ez.yuja.com/lti/lti-app
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AUS Zone: https://panorama-api-az.yuja.com/lti/lti-app
- Under Signature, check Sign messages with key/secret with and select Link key/secret.
- Next, fill out the following information:
- Key: The Consumer Key that was copied in the previous section of this guide.
- Secret: The LTI Secret that was copied in the previous section of this guide.
- Under Security Settings, select Use link security settings, and check the settings listed below.
- Send tool consumer information to tool provider
- Send context information to tool provider
- Send course information to tool provider
- Send LTI user ID and LTI role list to tool provider
- Next, check the organization you would like to add the link to.
- Click Add Org Units to add the courses Panorama will be used in.
- Click Save and Close to complete the LTI 1.1 integration.
- Panorama can now be added to the Navbar for your selected courses. To enable this, please proceed to the next section of this guide.
Adding the Panorama LTI 1.1 Link to the Navbar
Once the Panorama integration for D2L LTI 1.1 is completed, follow the steps in this section to add the Panorama LTI link to the Navbar of your desired courses.
- Navigate to a course you would like to add the Panorama LTI link to.
- Click the Actions for Navbar icon, and click Manage All Course Navbars.
- Select the Custom Links tab, and then click Create Link.
- Enter an identifiable Name for your link, and then click Insert Quicklin.
- Click External Learning Tools.
- Locate and click on the LTI Link created in the previous section.
- From the Behavior drop-down menu, select Same window.
- Click Save.
- Next, click the Actions for Navbar icon, and click Edit This Navbar.
- Enter a Name for the Navbar
- Click Add Links
- Locate and Select Panorama.
- Click Add.
- Click Save and Close.
- The Panorama LTI link will now be available within the Navbar of your desired course.
Registering a D2L Application for Panorama
The YuJa Panorama - LMS Connector requires an application to be registered in order to access the API provided by D2L Brightspace. To register an application, follow the instructions below.
- Log in as an Admin.
- From the top-right corner, click the Gear icon.
- Under Security, select Roles and Permissions.
- In the Role List, click Administrator.
- In the Filter by Tool drop-down menu, select Content, and click Apply Filter.
- In the top row, check Organization, Course Template, Course Offering, Group, Semester, Section, and Department.
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Click Save.
- Repeat steps 5-7 by entering Course Builder, Course Management Console, and External Learning Tools in Filter by Tool.
- Next, click the Gear icon in the top-right corner.
- Under Organization Related, click Manage Extensibility.
- Ensure the ID Key Authentication tab is selected, and click Register an App.
- Enter a name for Application Name, such as Panorama.
- For Trusted URL, copy and paste the correct URL based on your zone.
- US Zone: https://panorama-api.yuja.com/d2l-auth
- CAN Zone: https://panorama-api-cz.yuja.com/d2l-auth
- EU Zone: https://panorama-api-ez.yuja.com/d2l-auth
- AUS Zone: https://panorama-api-az.yuja.com/d2l-auth
- Check Enable this application, and I accept the Non-commercial Developer Agreement.
- Click Register Application.
- After registering the Panorama application, you will be redirected to the newly created application. Keep note of the Application ID and Application Key, as they will be required in the next section of this guide.
Integrating D2L Brightspace With Panorama
After noting down your Application ID and Application Key from the previous section, the final process is to establish a connection between your D2L Brightspace instance and Panorama so that Panorama can retrieve data.
- Access the Panorama Platform, click Configurations, and then select Integration Settings.
- Under the Select Integration drop-down menu, select LMS API.
- Click Add Access Key.
- Paste in the Application ID and Application key obtained in the previous section of this guide.
- Click Authenticate With Application.
- A new tab will open with your JSON response. Copy the response and paste it into the text field for Application Authentication JSON Response
- Click Add Access Key.
- Click Save Changes. Panorama will now be able to retrieve information from your D2L Brightspace instance.