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Brightspace Integration

Steps on creating the integration between Brightspace and Scaffold Archive for course syncing.

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Written by Rachel Gough
Updated over 4 months ago

To set up the integration between Scaffold Archive and Brightspace, for course syncing, follow the steps below. Ensure the Brightspace user account used for this process has full admin access and supports a non-SSO login.

Brightspace Setup

The following steps will be completed within Brightspace.

  1. Open the settings menu and select Manage Extensibility

  2. Then select Register an App

  3. Fill in the Register an Application Details

  4. Click Register Application

  5. After registration, an Application ID and Key will be provided. Copy these, as they are needed for the integration.

  6. While still logged into Brightspace, open a new tab and go to https://apitesttool.desire2learnvalence.com/index.php

    • In the API Test Tool, enter a profile name (e.g., K16 Solutions) to save the integration details locally for future reference, if you would like.

  7. Enter the following information in the API Test Tool

    • Host: the URL of the Brightspace instance (without http/https).

    • Example: university.brightspace.com

    • Port: 443

    • App ID: the APP ID that was provided in Step 5

    • App Key: the APP Key that was provided in Step 5

  8. Click Authenticate

  9. When prompted, check the box to always allow access and click Continue to be redirected to the tool.

  10. Copy the User ID and User Key provided; these will be needed for the integration.

Once you have completed the steps in Brightspace, proceed with the Scaffold Archive Setup steps.

Scafffold Archive Setup

After completing the Brightspace steps, follow these instructions to finalized the integration in Scaffold Archive.

  1. In your Scaffold Archive instance, go to Admin>Integrations

  2. Click + New Integration

  3. On the Create New Integration page, fill in the following fields:

    • LMS Data Direction: Destination

    • LMS Type: Brightspace

    • Username: The username for the Brightspace User Account

    • Password: The password for the Brightspace User Account

    • Friendly Name: A name for the integration

    • Integration URL: The Brightspace Root URL (e.g., https://exampleu.brightspace.com)

    • App ID: From the Brightspace API Test Tool

    • App Key: From the Brightspace API Test Tool

    • User ID: From the Brightspace API Test Tool

    • User Key: From the Brightspace API Test Tool

    • Course Template ID: The location of where you would like the courses to sync

    • Semester ID: Optional for associating courses with a semester

  4. Click Save

Once the integration has been created, you can sync a course by navingating into a course in your Scaffold Archive instance and selecting Sync to LMS.

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