Using Edpuzzle with D2L Brightspace – Edpuzzle Help Center

When you integrate Edpuzzle with D2L Brightspace, teachers will be able to assign video lessons for students to complete, all right from within D2L Brightspace!

How to integrate Edpuzzle with D2L Brightspace

Teachers will need to ask their IT admin to set up the integration for your whole school or district by following these steps:

1. From your Brightspace admin account, click the gear icon in the top right-hand corner of your screen to access your Settings.
2. Select “Remote Plugins” from the drop-down list that appears.
3. Click the “New Remote Plugin” button towards the top of the page.
4. In the Plugin Type drop-down menu, select “Quicklink (CIM)”. Then set the Width to “800” and the Height to “750”.
5. In the Name field, type “Edpuzzle”.
6. In the Launch Point URL field, enter the following: https://edpuzzle.com/lti/assignments/create
7. Enter your Consumer Key in the LTI Key field and Shared Secret in the LTI Secret field. To find these codes, open a new tab or window and log in to or sign up for Edpuzzle (see our article on how to create an account, if necessary). Click on your circular profile icon in the upper right-hand corner, select your name from the drop-down menu to go to your profile, then click on the “School” tab. In the LMS drop-down menu at the bottom of the page, select D2L Brightspace. Then, copy and paste the codes into the appropriate fields in Brightspace.
8. In the OAuth Signature Method drop-down menu, select “HMAC-SHA1”.
9. In the Small Icon URL field, enter the following: https://edpuzzle.imgix.net/favicons/favicon-32.png
10. Click the “Add Org Units” button and check off each unit you’d like to make Edpuzzle available for, then click the “Insert” button to confirm your selection.
11. Click the “Save” button at the bottom of the page to finish the Remote Plugin configuration.

After configuring the Edpuzzle Remote Plugin, you’ll need to configure the Security settings for the Edpuzzle Tool Provider:

1. From your Brightspace admin account, click the gear icon in the top right-hand corner of your screen to access your Settings.
2. Select “External Learning Tools” from the drop-down list that appears.
3. Select “Manage Tool Providers”.
4. Click on the Edpuzzle Launch Point.
5. Scroll down to find the Security Settings section and be sure to enable the following:
  - - Send tool consumer information to tool provider
    - Send context information to tool provider.
    - Send LTI user ID and LTI role list to tool provider
    - Send user name to tool provider
6. Click “Save and close” to finalize the settings.

To learn about sharing a class with a co-teacher, check out this article.

Adding Edpuzzle to the course navigation bar (Navbar)

Adding the Edpuzzle Learning Tool to the course Navbar will allow teachers to easily view Edpuzzle assignments and track student progress, all from within Brightspace. This is a two-part process. The first part must be completed by the IT admin, and the second part by each teacher.

For IT Admins:

1. From your Brightspace admin account, click the gear icon in the top right-hand corner of your screen to access your Settings.
2. Select “Remote Plugins” from the drop-down list that appears.
3. Click the “New Remote Plugin” button towards the top of the page.
4. In the Plugin Type drop-down menu, select “Navbar”. Then, in the Target drop-down menu, select “Same Frame”.
5. In the Name field, type “Edpuzzle”.
6. In the Launch Point URL field, enter the following: https://edpuzzle.com/lti/courses/launch
7. Enter your Consumer Key in the LTI Key field and Shared Secret in the LTI Secret field. You’ll use the same codes as you used for the integration configuration. (See Step 7 above.)
8. In the OAuth Signature Method drop-down menu, select “HMAC-SHA1”.
9. In the Icon URL field, enter the following: https://edpuzzle.imgix.net/favicons/favicon-32.png
10. Click the “Add Org Units” button and check off each unit you’d like to make Edpuzzle available for, then click the “Insert” button to confirm your selection.
11. Click the “Save” button at the bottom of the page to finish the Remote Plugin configuration.

After configuring the Edpuzzle Remote Plugin for the course Navbar, you’ll need to configure the Security settings for the Edpuzzle Tool Provider:

1. From your Brightspace admin account, click the gear icon in the top right-hand corner of your screen to access your Settings.
2. Select “External Learning Tools” from the drop-down list that appears.
3. Select “Manage Tool Providers”.
4. Click on the Edpuzzle Launch Point.
5. Scroll down to find the Security Settings section and be sure to enable the following:
  - - Send tool consumer information to tool provider
    - Send context information to tool provider.
    - Send LTI user ID and LTI role list to tool provider
6. Click “Save and close” to finalize the settings.

For Teachers

For each course’s Navbar you’d like to include the Edpuzzle Learning Tool, complete the following steps:

1. Select the class from your Brightspace homepage.
2. Hover your mouse over your NavbarClick and click the ellipsis (...) that appears all the way to the right.
3. Select “Edit this Navbar” from the drop-down menu that appears.
4. In the Links section, click the “Add Links” button.
5. Use the search bar in the pop-up window to search for “Edpuzzle” and select it.
6. Click the “Add” button to confirm your choice.
7. Feel free to reorganize the links in your Navbar by dragging and dropping them to your preferred order in the Links section. If you’ll be using Edpuzzle frequently, this will make the Learning Tool more easily accessible!
8. Click “Save and close” to finalize the settings.

How to assign an Edpuzzle video lesson in D2L Brightspace

1. Select the class you’d like to assign an Edpuzzle video lesson to from your Brightspace homepage.
2. Click on “Assignments” in the Navbar at the top of your page.
3. Click the “New Assignment” button.
4. Enter a name for your assignment and set a point value in the “Grade Out Of” field.
  - - If the “Grade Out Of” field is set to “Ungraded,” we will not be able to sync student grades from Edpuzzle to your Brightspace grade book.
5. In the Instructions section, click on the image of a link to add a Quicklink.
6. Scroll down to the “Third Party” section of the pop-up window and select “Edpuzzle”.
7. You will then see your Edpuzzle My Content library.
  - - If this is your first time creating an assignment using this integration, you’ll initially be prompted to log into your Edpuzzle account and then create a new class. Log in using your Edpuzzle credentials and fill in the required fields for the class where prompted, then click “Create class” to continue on.
8. Select your video lesson by clicking on the video thumbnail, then the blue “Next” button.
9. On the next screen, choose whether you want to prevent skipping or turn on closed captions using the toggle switches next to each option.
10. Click the blue “Assign” button, which will return you to the assignment creation page where you’ll see a link to the Edpuzzle video lesson has appeared in the Instructions field.
11. Click “Save and close” to post your assignment.

Here’s a quick video tutorial to walk you through the above steps:

How students can use Edpuzzle through D2L Brightspace

Your students will be able to log in to their D2L Brightspace accounts and complete your Edpuzzle video lessons right from there. When they click on an Edpuzzle assignment link, the video will open in a new tab, ready to play (no need for students to create or log in to an Edpuzzle account). After students finish the video lesson, they can close that tab and return to their Brightspace dashboard.

All student progress should automatically sync to your Brightspace grade book!