Instructor guide to adding LiveCarta materials to a course on Canvas as an external tool (IMS LTI 1.3) or external link.

Instructor guide to adding LiveCarta LTI 1.3 tool to a course on Canvas

By following these steps, admins and instructors can easily add LiveCarta LTI links to any of their courses on Canvas. Adding LiveCarta materials via External Tool allows a seamless transition between your LMS and LiveCarta.

1. On the left hand menu, select “Courses”, and click on the course to which you would like to add LiveCarta materials.
2. Inside the course, select “Modules”, and navigate to the Module in which you’d like to add LiveCarta materials. Press “+” button on that module, in the popup select “External tool” and select “LiveCarta Digital Materials”.
3. Replace the “URL” with your desired link to LiveCarta. It can be a link to any page on LiveCarta, a specific material, a chapter within a material or specific excerpt of text (see an article about Copy Link function for more details). 
4. In the “Page name” field enter a title that best describes the URL.
5. Check “Load in a new tab” and press “Add item”.

Instructor steps for adding LiveCarta material to Canvas as External link

This can be used for a wide variety of teaching applications. You may use this function to link to an entire LiveCarta material, a specific chapter, or even small excerpts inside the text. You and your students will be taken to that precise spot on LiveCarta when clicking the link in Canvas.

It is important to note the difference between adding LiveCarta materials to Canvas as External link and External tool: automatic sign in after first connection works only for External tool. To access external links seamlessly, the person should already be logged into LiveCarta, and may need to log in again on subsequent uses. 

To add an External link:

1. Navigate to the module of your choice and press the  “+” button.
2. Select “External URL” in the drop-down in the opened modal window.
3. In the “URL” field enter a link to any LiveCarta page, material, chapter or text excerpt.
4. In the “Page name” field enter a title that best describes the URL.
5. Check “Load in a new tab” and press “Add item”.

Note: For further assistance, you may reach out to LiveCarta customer support at support@livecarta.com, or through the chat feature on LiveCarta.com

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