Grade Passback is now available for LTI 1.3 integrations with Canvas and Schoology. 

  • Grade Passback is available for "Standard Tests" assigned to students from the Assessment >> Standard Tests menu.
  • Grade Passback is not yet available for Portal 2.0 in-book assessments, including analysis questions, build understanding questions, and student sheets.
  • Click here for LTI 1.3 deep linking instructions.

Requirements for Grade Passback: Student licenses must be purchased, and teachers must have already assigned the standard test to students. Canvas/Schoology Admin must already have added the LTI 1.3 external tool to the LMS, and it should already be available for teachers to select when creating their own tools. 

 

Grade Passback Instructions: 

1. Create the desired Standard Test from the Assessments >> Standard Tests menu

 

2. Assign the test to your classes or groups in the Lab-Aids Portal

This step must be done in order for grade passback to work. Grade passback will not work until this step has been completed. 

A screenshot of the teacher's assessment screen with the checkbox for "Assign Test" icon outlined in red.

 

3. Copy the Deep Link for the desired test

  • Open the Assessments >> Standard Tests menu.
  • Option A: Click the hamburger icon on the bottom right of the desired assessment, then click the "Copy Deep Link" icon (the last icon on the bottom right)
  • Option B: Or, click on the test to view it. Then, click on the " Copy Deep Link" icon from the row of icons at the top (the first icon on the left)
  • A green success message will appear at the top of the screen ("Deep link copied successfully").

A screenshot of the "Copy Deep Link URL" icons outlined in red in the two locations described above.

 

4. Create a new LTI tool assignment in your LMS using the copied assessment Deep Link

Canvas instructions and Schoology instructions below:

Canvas instructions
  • Copy the desired assessment Deep Link URL via above instructions.
  • From a Canvas course, add a new assignment. Enter in a point value. Select "External Tool" for submission type and click the "Find" button.
    • A screenshot of the Canvas tool's "Points" text field, with the number 20 entered.
    • A screenshot showing the Canvas assignment creation screen. The Submission Type option "External Tool" is outlined in red, the External Tool URL's "Find" button is outlined in red, and the "Load this tool in new tab" checkbox is selected.
  • From the list that appears, select the Lab-Aids external tool. Then, scroll down to the bottom of the same window, remove the existing URL, and paste the assessment Deep Link URL you just copied. Click "Load in new tab". Save. Students will now be able to click on this external tool assignment to be brought to the linked assessment.
    • A gif showing the available external tools to choose from. The cursor clicks on the "Lab-Aids Portal" external tool and then replaces the default URL with the copied assessment deep link URL.

 

Schoology instructions
  • Copy the desired assessment Deep Link URL via above instructions.
  • From a course in Schoology, add a new external tool (Add Materials >> Add File/Link/External Tool >> External Tool).
    • Tool Provider: Select the Lab-Aids tool from the Tool Provider dropdown.
    • URL: Paste the copied assessment Deep Link URL into the URL field.
    • Launch Options Dropdown: For best performance, we recommend launching the Lab-Aids Portal in a new tab as opposed to in an iFrame within Schoology.
    • Enable Grading: Select the checkbox
    • Points: Enter points
    • Click the checkbox at the bottom for "Automatically Publish Grades".
    • Save
  • Students will now be able to click on the link, and the linked assessment will automatically open. 

A screenshot of a teacher's course in Schoology. Instructional steps for "Add Materials >> Add File/Link/External Tool >> External Tool" are all outlined in orange.

A screenshot of the external tool settings explained above. The selected Tool Provider is "Lab-Aids Science Portal" and an outline is around the "URL" text box with text "Paste assessment Deep Link URL here". The "Enable Grading" checkbox is selected.

A screenshot of the "Automatically Publish Grades" checkbox selected.

 

 

5. Students click on the new Assessment tool to open and complete the assessment. 

When finished, click "Confirm" to submit their assessment. 

A gif showing the student clicking on "Body Systems Test" assignment and then clicking the button to open it in a new window. The assessment then appears and student clicks "Start Assessment".

A screenshot of the student's "Submit Assignment" popup window with "Confirm" outlined in red. Below is a screenshot showing text "Your assessment has been sent to the teacher for evaluation. Kindly wait for the response." A "Close" button is in the bottom right corner.

 

6. Teacher Evaluates Assessment

  • Then, teacher will need to evaluate the assessment from the Standard Tests >> Evaluation screen. Click here for evaluation instructions.
  • Note: If a test consists of only multiple choice questions, the test will be auto-graded immediately and teachers will not be required to manually evaluate.

 

7. View grades in LMS

  • Once test is evaluated, student and teachers will see their grades in the LMS gradebook.
  • Canvas: If a student's test has been submitted but not yet evaluated, an icon (piece of paper with an exclamation mark) will display instead of their grade. 

Canvas: 

A screenshot of a teacher's gradebook in Canvas. A red outline is around three rows of student names and their grades. The red outline includes three columns for Body Systems Test name, Assignments, and Totals.

A screenshot of a student's gradebook in Canvas. A red outline is around the test name "Body Systems Test", the submitted date "Mar 19 at 10:54am", and the score "20/20".

Schoology:

A screenshot of a teacher's gradebook in Schoology showing one student with a grade of 100 for "Overall" and test name "Assessment" worth 100 points.

 

 

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