How to create a Placement in Blackboard

  1. In Administrator Tools > LTI Tool Providers, go to the Tool Provider you want to configure and select the menu option that appears next to the domain. Go to Manage Placements.
  2. Select Create Placement.
  3. Type a Label. This is the name that appears to users in a course.
  4. Add a description if the tool appears to students in their Tools menu. Descriptions don't appear to instructors.
  5. Type a Handle. It must be unique and can only contain alphanumeric, underscore, or dash characters.
  6. To make the placement available or unavailable, select Yes or No.

You can't change the placement type for an existing placement. You'll have to create a new placement to change the type.

  1. Select a Type:
    • Course content tool: Allow instructors to add the tool from the course content page. After adding through the Content Market section, the tool becomes part of the course outline.
      • Allows grading: Allow instructors to add grading features such as the due date and points possible to the tool.
    • Course tool: The tool appears to instructors and course builders in the Course Management section of an Original course and in the Books & Tools menu of an Ultra course.
      • Allow student access: When selected student can access the tool in the student Tools menu. Add a description to help student understand what the tool is and what it does.
    • A System tool can be opened without accessing a course. In the Original experience, the tool appears in the Tools menu of the My Institution tab. In the Ultra experience, the tool appears in the Tools base navigation section. You can also place a System Tool in an Institution Page module.
    • An Administrator tool allows administrators to add the tool to the Tools & Utilities menu on the Administrator Panel.
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  2. Select the checkbox if you want this tool to launch in a new window instead of an iframe.
  3. Add an icon for the tool by selecting Browse and uploading an image file of 50 x 50 pixels. If this LTI placement is in a course with the Original Course View, the icon appears with the link in the list of Tools. In the Ultra Course View, the icon appears with the link in the Content Market but doesn't appear with the link on the Course Content page.
  4. Type in the tool provider information. In most cases, this is the same information you added when you created the tool, unless you are creating multiple placements for the same registered provider.
  5. Select Submit.

 

Deleting an LTI domain or placement will break all existing LTI links. Re-adding the LTI domain or placement will not fix the broken links. Don't delete an LTI Placement or Domain unless you are certain you will never use it again.To Migrate an LTI 1.1 tool to LTI 1.3, create the new LTI tool with the same domain and accept the Prompt to migrate to LTI 1.3. This will safely handle existing links.