In this article, you will find the steps to connect your adopted VHL materials to your Canvas course using the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 LTI Tool.

 

• Part One: Adding the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 Tool
• Part Two: Pairing the VHL Courseware
• Part Three: Adding VHL Product/Publisher Links to Your Course

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Part One: Adding the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 Tool 

Step 1.

Navigate to your course in Canvas and click on Modules.

 

Step 2. 

Click the blue + Module button on the right-hand side.

 

Step 3. 

Name that module Course Resources or something similar. Click the blue Add Module button on the bottom right.

 

Step 4.

In the newly created module, Click +.

Step 5. 

From the dropdown menu, select External Tool. Next, find and click on the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 link. If you do not see this option, your campus LMS Administrator may have named it something different such as Willo, Follett Willo, or something similar. Find one that is similar to one of the options. Then, click Add Item. If you are unable to find the link, you can click on the three dots to the right of +Module and select the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 tool. You may be able to find the link listed here. 

• Note: If you are unable to find the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 link or similar in your Canvas course, follow the directions below in Step 5a to add the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 link manually.

 

 

Once you locate the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 tool from this menu, skip to Step 6.

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Adding the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 Link Manually:

Step 5a. (If needed)

If you do not see the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 tool listed from the drop-down menu mentioned above, you can configure the tool manually. To do this, click + in module and select External Tool from the dropdown menu.

 

Next, provide a Name for the tool in the Name field (you can title this as Follett Willo Digital Delivery or something similar) and copy the appropriate URL into the URL field:

For USA: https://app2.willolabs.com/lti/launch/onelink/

For Canada: https://ca2.willolabs.com/onelink  

 

 

 

If you've (1) entered a Name for the Link, (2) entered the appropriate URL, and (3) have placed a check-mark in the "Load in a new tab" box, you can now click Add Item to add the link within the module area of your Canvas course.

 

• Note: Hide this Follett Willo Digital Delivery link from student view. This is an instructor-facing tool only. 

 

Now click on the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 link that you've manually added into your Module Area, and proceed to Step 6 below.

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Part Two: Pairing the Courseware

Step 6.

Click the Continue in a new window button.

 

Step 7.

The Select Course to Pair screen should appear. If you teach more than one course, you may see multiple courses to choose from.

Find the correct course and click the Pair Course button.

Note: If you do not see a course listed, or if the course information is incorrect, please skip to the Missing Course Pairing section below.

 

Step 8. 

The Add Course Links screen will appear with a Course Paired Successfully message and you can now skip to Part Three: Adding Product/Publisher Link(s) to Your Course, Step 10.

 

Missing Course Pairing

Step 9. 

Note: This step is only necessary if your course materials do not auto-populate in Step 7. 

If you do not see your course materials in Step 7, follow these instructions to manually pair your course. 

 

Step 9a.

Click the Missing Course link

Step 9b.

A Missing Course sidebar will open. From here you can search for your course by entering keywords such as ISBN, Course Name or Instructor and clicking Search. Or, if you have a product token, you can enter it into the product token field and click Verify.

     

Step 9c.

If you searched for your course, find your course and course material in the results, and click Confirm. Then confirm the information and click Initialize Pairing.

The Add Course Links screen will appear with a Course Paired Successfully message, and you can now go to Part Three: Adding Product/Publisher Link(s) to Your Course, Step 10.

 

 

If you entered a product token for your course, verify the details of your course and course material, and click Confirm. Then select the term from the dropdown menu and click Continue. Then confirm the information and click Initialize Pairing.

 

 

 

The Add Course Links screen will appear with a Course Paired Successfully message and you can now skip to Part Three: Adding Product/Publisher Link(s) to Your Course, Step 10.

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Part Three: Adding VHL Product/Publisher Links to Your Course

Step 10.

You’re now ready to add links to your course. We recommend that you add course support links to provide your students with easy access to materials and support. Check the course support links you’d like to include and select Push Links.

Note: The Course Support link is available for students and faculty. Faculty should encourage students to use this link to open a ticket with our helpdesk if they have any issues accessing the course materials. 

Note: The Instructor Self-Service link should be hidden from students, as it is for instructor use only and directs you to the Course Management page.

 

Step 11.

You’ll receive a success message. Select Close Window and return to the LMS to verify the course support links you selected are now available in your course.

Step 12.

Once you have added course support links, click on the Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 tool once more.  This time, select Continue to Publisher to launch to the publisher website to bring the publisher link(s) for your students to click on for the publisher courseware.

 

 

Step 13.

Enter your VHL USERNAME and PASSWORD and click LOG IN to link your VHL Account to Canvas. 

Note: This step will only need to be completed once. If you've previously linked accounts, you will not need to do so again and can skip to the next step.

Step 14.

On the Course Connector page, select the VHL course section you want to link to Canvas and click LINK THIS SECTION.

Note:  If the course section you need isn’t available, open a new browser window and go to the VHLCentral login page, sign in and create your course section. Once you've created it, return to the VHL Course Connector page, click Refresh, and the new section should appear, ready to select and link.

 

Step 15.

Select LINK TO CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS to add a link to the student dashboard, LINK TO SPECIFIC ACTIVITY or LINK TO SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT to add links to specific assignments, or LINK TO VHLCENTRAL HOME to add a link to the VHLCentral page to the Canvas course. 

Note: Links can only be added one at a time.

Step 16.

Click Close window.

 

 

Step 16. 

Navigate back to your Canvas Course and click Add Item to add the link to your module.

 

 

Step 17. 

The publisher links have now been added to your module in your Canvas course. Now, Click on one of the VHL links added to initialize your course materials and complete the pairing process.

 

Step 18. 

After clicking on one of the VHL links added in Canvas, you will be prompted to select your academic term from the dropdown menu and click Submit.

 

 

 

Your course material links are now paired with your Canvas course!

 

Grade Sync

Vista Higher Learning supports grade sync. VHL grade sync functionality only attempts to create grade columns and push grades to the LMS after an assignment's due date has passed. Students in the course must also link the LMS and VHL accounts for their grades to sync. Follow the steps below to configure assignments for sync.

 

Step 19.

Access the Gradebook in the VHL course, and select LMS Sync.

Step 20.

Select Edit Settings.

Step 21.

Update grade sync status to Enabled, choose with grade data to sync, and then click SAVE.

 

Deep Linking

Step 22.

To add additional VHL content-specific links into your course, complete steps 4-5 and step 14.

• Select Follett Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 from the External Tool dropdown menu in your course module.
• Click Add Publisher Links, then click Continue to Vista Higher Learning.
• Select LINK TO CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS to add a link to the student dashboard, LINK TO SPECIFIC ACTIVITY or LINK TO SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT to add links to specific assignments, or LINK TO VHLCENTRAL HOME to add a link to the VHLCentral page to the Canvas course. Note that links can only be added one at a time.
• Navigate back to your Canvas course and the additional links will be added to the Course Resources module (or similarly named module) at the bottom of the modules page.

 

Link Conversion

Step 23.

Link conversion is supported in Canvas for VHL. Note that if a course has been linked directly through the VHL tool prior to conversion, it will need to be unlinked so that it can re-linked via the Willo tool. Instructors can follow the steps below to un-link and re-link their course.

• After the conversion has been completed, click on the VHLCentral Home link in the course. Note that if this link is not already present in the course, it may be added.

You will be navigated to the Course Connector page and prompted to link to your course section, which has already been linked via the VHL tool. To un-link, click on vhlcentral in the upper-lefthand corner.

 

• Select LMS Partner Links.

• Locate the section (currently linked via the VHL tool) that will need to be linked through Willo and click Unlink.

• Click UNLINK. After this point, the original course link through the VHL tool will be un-tied.

• Click on the VHLCentral Home link in the course again, and you will be navigated back to the Course Connector page. Click on the radio button next to the VHL course section that needs to be linked to the LMS course, and click LINK THIS SECTION. 

• All of the links in your Canvas course will now link into the relevant course section.

 

 

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Additional Support:

If you have any questions or would like further assistance, please Submit a request, or reach out to your Vista Higher Learning Publisher Representative.