Connecting your Riipen experience with Canvas via LTI enables learners to use the full Riipen platform directly through a Canvas course assignment. Learner accounts are automatically created when learners view Riipen in Canvas for the first time. No sign-up required!
Enabling the Canvas LTI integration
Administrator Setup
The following steps need to be completed inside of Canvas and only need to be completed once.
Sign into Canvas as a Teacher or Administrator
Go to your course page
In your Course Navigation menu, click "Settings", then "View App Configurations"
Click the "+App" button
Fill out the fields below, then click "Submit"
Configuration Type | "Manual Entry" |
Name | Riipen Integration |
Consumer Key | Get one of your portal's keys "public token" in the settings -> keys tab of your portal in Riipen. Create a key if one does not exist. |
Shared Secret | Get one of your portal's keys "secret token" in the settings -> keys tab of your portal in Riipen. Create a key if one does not exist. |
Launch URL | https://{subdomain}.riipen.com |
Domain | {subdomain}.riipen.com |
Privacy | E-mail Only |
The new Riipen app will now appear in the Apps tab.
Educator Setup
The following steps need to be completed inside of Canvas.
Open your course
Add a new assignment with the "+Assignment" button
Enter a name for your assignment (e.g. Riipen Project)
In the submission type drop-down menu, select "External Tool"
In the "Enter or find an External URL input", enter "https://{subdomain}.riipen.com/lti/experiences/[experience_id]"
Important: Select "Load this tool in a new tab"
Fill out any other assignment-related fields for your course, then click "Save & Publish"