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After an LMS admin completes the LTI integration, librarians and instructors can:
- Put a link to the Academic Writer platform homepage in a place of prominence for students,
- Add specific quick guides and tutorials from the Academic Writer Content Selection page to course content areas to scaffold concepts (i.e., embedding the Basics of APA Style tutorial before the How to Find Reliable Resources and Revising, Editing, and Proofreading tutorials).
On this page:
1. LTI Integration
If you think you have admin rights in Canvas and do not see the Admin icon in your view, check that you’re logged in to the right profile.
- Log in to Canvas.
- Select the Admin icon and correct account.
- From the navigation menu, select Settings.
- Select the Apps tab.
- Select +App to add Academic Writer as an app.
- Complete the Add App form.
- Configuration Type - Manual Entry
- Tool Provider Name - Academic Writer
- Consumer Key and Shared Secret - Provided by APA
- Launch URL - https://my.apa.org/ltigateway/lti?ERIGHTS_TARGET=https://academicwriter.apa.org (Be careful when copying and pasting the launch URL - a leading or trailing space can prevent access!)
- Domain - my.apa.org
- Privacy - Public
- Select Submit.
Academic Writer is now available to add to any Canvas course!
If your campus uses an instructor or instructional resources course, recommend adding a link to the Academic Writer Content Selection Page to make content easily available to instructors and course designers.
2. Linking to the Academic Writer Homepage
To encourage students to use Academic Writer without assigning specific quick guides or tutorials, add a link to the Academic Writer homepage. You may want to include a link to the orientation lessons and the APA Publishing Training YouTube page to assist students in using Academic Writer.
To add a link to the Academic Writer homepage:
- Navigate to the module where you would like to add the Academic Writer Home page and select the + to add an external tool.
- Since you know LTI integration has already been completed, skip the list of providers and enter the URL https://my.apa.org/ltigateway/lti?ERIGHTS_TARGET=https://academicwriter.apa.org (Be careful when copying and pasting this URL - a leading or trailing space can prevent access!)
- Name this Academic Writer link for students. Consider what other Academic Writer links you might include in this module to make sure it is clear that this is a general link to the homepage, not a specific lesson.
- Select Add Item to add the link to your selected course module.
- The first time students, select any Academic Writer link, they will be prompted to log in to their Academic Writer accounts (or create one if they don't have one already).
3. Creating a Content Selection Page
The Academic Writer Content Selection Page provides the LTI-specific links to Academic Writer content that allows seamless access to quick guides, tutorials, and samples from course content areas. This page is intended for instructors and other course designers and should not be visible to students.
To add your Content Selection page:
- Navigate to the module where you would like to add your own link to the Academic Writer Content Selection Page and select the + to add an External Tool.
- Since you know LTI integration has already been completed, skip the list of providers and enter the URL https://my.apa.org/ltigateway/lti?ERIGHTS_TARGET=https://academicwriter.apa.org/learnbb (Be careful when copying and pasting this URL - a leading or trailing space can prevent access!)
- Enter a Page Name. Since this won’t be visible to students, name this link something that makes sense to you. This example uses “Academic Writer Content Selection.”
- Make sure the box to Load in a new tab is selected.
- Select Add Item to add it to the course module. (If you’re adding this to your own course, you do not need to publish it, as this is the link you’ll use to preview content and copy LTI URLs.)
- You’ll use this link to access and copy links to specific Academic Writer content so that you can add links (in the same way you just added the Content Selection Page) to quick guides, tutorials, and samples to your course content.
4. Adding Content Links
Now that you have added the Content Selection Page to your course, you can begin adding Academic Writer content links to your course for students. You can preview any of the learning resources available in the Content Selection Page before including them in your course by selecting the preview button.
Tip: If you’ll be requiring Academic Writer in your course, we recommend introducing the resource with the Getting Started With Academic Writer lesson.
Please note that student accounts are required to access Academic Writer via LTI and after initial log in, students will experience single sign-on from the LMS to their Academic Writer account.
- If it’s not already open, navigate to and select your Academic Writer Content Selection Page link so that you can access and copy the URLs needed to add content links.
- In the Academic Writer Content Selection Page, select a heading or category to view content options. Select Show Link to select and copy the URL you’ll need to add that specific learning object. (You can also use the Preview option to review the lesson or sample in its entirety.)
- Navigate to the course module where you’d like to add an Academic Writer link and select + to add new module content; then select External Tool from the drop-down menu.
- Paste the URL in the appropriate field. In the Page Name field, name the link. We recommend using the lesson or sample title so that the content is clear for students. Make sure the box to Load in a new tab is selected.
- Select Add Item. Make sure you select the Ø in your module to publish your new Academic Writer link.
- Continue to add quick guides, tutorials, and samples to your modules as needed. Remember that you can copy modules, so you can create them once and use them across all courses that you teach.
Congratulations! You are ready to use Academic Writer in your course! If you have any questions about using Academic Writer, visit our APA Publishing Learning Commons.
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