Now that your Schoology integration has been configured by your LMS Administrator, and you have been given your Client ID, Deployment ID and School ID (or IDs if multiple schools), you are now ready to finish setting up your LTI Integration. Please complete the steps below to finish the connection and confirm everything is working.
Make sure your Classes are already created in SolidProfessor. You will need at least one Class and one Assignment in SolidProfessor before you can deep link anything into Schoology. If your classes are not set up yet, please do that first and then return to this article.
1. Log into SolidProfessor and navigate to your Instructor Tools.
2. Select "+ Add Integration", then "schoology.schoology.com", and hit "Add Integration".
3. Enter your Client ID and Deployment ID. If you do not have these values, please reach out to your LMS Administrator and have them complete the initial set up noted here. Once these fields are complete, choose "Create Integration".
4. Now that your integration has been created, toggle to the "School Mapping" tab within your integration, and input your School ID(s). Then, choose "Update School Mapping".
The School Mapping is required for LTI launches to route students to the correct school. Without it, launches will fail with a "School not linked to deployment" error.
5. Your LTI integration is now in a validation state. As long as your Client ID and Deployment ID fields are editable, your LTI integration is not yet complete. A successful launch of an integrated assignment is needed to validate the integration. Your next steps are to complete the handshake between SolidProfessor and Schoology!
Make sure your Classes are already created in SolidProfessor. You will need at least one Class and one Assignment in SolidProfessor before you can deep link anything into Schoology. If your classes are not set up yet, please do that first and then return to this article.
- Log in to your Schoology account.
- Click Courses > My Courses.
- Click Create Course.
- Fill out all required fields in the Create Course form and click Create.
A grading category must be set up in Schoology for grade sync to be functional immediately. Without a category, SolidProfessor cannot create line items in the grade book.
- In Schoology, select the course you want to configure.
- Click Grade Setup in the left navigation bar.
- Click the + Add button in the categories section.
- Fill out the Grading Category modal (values are up to the instructor).
- Set up Grading Periods and Final Weights as needed (values are up to the instructor).
Deep linking is the recommended way to add SolidProfessor assignments to a Schoology course. It allows the instructor to browse and select assignments directly from within Schoology. If your school doesn't allow Deep Linking, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager for instructions on manually adding assignments.
- Log out of SolidProfessor and close any SolidProfessor tabs. You will be prompted to log in via Schoology momentarily.
- In Schoology, navigate to the course and click Add Materials.
- Select the SolidProfessor app that is configured for your school.
If you are unsure which app to select, check with your LMS Administrator
If you are logged into SolidProfessor directly in another browser or tab, you must close that session now. Otherwise, you will not land on the LMS Integration page.
- You will be asked to log in to your SolidProfessor account via Schoology this first time only. After this initial login, you will be directed to your Class list automatically each time.
- Once authenticated, you will land on the LMS Integration page and can select the class and the assignment(s) to integrate, then click Integrate to LMS.
Instructors can choose individual or multiple assignments to integrate at once. The deep linked assignments will be displayed in the same order as they appear in SolidProfessor.
- After the assignments are added, you must manually enable grading on each one:
- Click the gear dropdown on the assignment and select Edit.
- Check Enable Grading.
- Set the Points value and configure other grading fields as needed.
- Click Submit.
Without Enable Grading checked and a grading category assigned, SolidProfessor will not be able to sync any grading information to Schoology. This must be done for each individual assignment.
- Return to the course and click into the first assignment. This will create the first launch and bring you directly to the assignment in a distraction-free environment.
After the first successful launch, the Client ID and Deployment ID in SolidProfessor Instructor Tools become grayed out and non-editable.
Once your test launch is complete and the connection between SolidProfessor and Schoology has been validated, students will be able to access the assignment within Schoology.