Activity Setup Explainer Video
In order to be able to work with the FeedbackFruits tools in an integrated manner, they first have to be added to your course. Luckily, this is really simple! In this article, we’ll guide you through this process in just a few steps. Still having trouble? Just contact our support team through the blue button in the bottom left of the screen!
In Canvas, tools can be added as an Assignment or as an item in a Module. Adding a FeedbackFruits tool as an Assignment gives you slightly more options. The most important difference is that when tools are added as a Canvas Assignment, grades can be send back to Grade Center in Canvas.
Adding a FeedbackFruits tool as an Assignment
1. Click the blue button: + Assignment. You could also click the + but you'll eventually need to navigate to the same page in order to add an external tool.
Fig. 1: Canvas course page selecting + assignment
2. Fill in a recognizable name for your students and a description if desired. Here you can also fill in how many points students can get for this assignment.
Fig. 2: Canvas assignment page
3. Here you have two options: using the dropdown menu or navigating to the menu item external tool.
Using the Dropdown Menu
FeedbackFruits can be selected straight from a dropdown menu for both assignments and modules - you can see the flow in the figure below.
(Fig. 4: new Canvas activity creation flow in Assignments, through the three dots menu).
The external tool flow is also still available (see more below), but when using assignments, the Select step is automatically skipped. Important to note that this change won't be available for all existing customers automatically, as it depends on the institution FeedbackFruits integration:
Institutions using our Inherited Developer Key in Canvas: Canvas has added new buttons to our keys, so both new and existing customers will get them automatically.
Institutions using a Manual Developer Key in Canvas:
New customers setting up with a manual key will receive the new buttons automatically.
Existing customers will have to edit their Developer Key, add the "Course Assignments Menu", "Module Index Menu Modal" and "Module Menu Modal" placements, and set them up with the appropriate Launch URIs.
If you are interested in having this feature, please first inform your institution's Center for Teaching and Learning or LMS administrator. Then, if you have rights to set this up, contact your FeedbackFruits Pilot/Partner Success Manager.
Using the External Tool
Select External Tool and click Find to select the right FeedbackFruits tool from the list.
(Fig. 3: external tool Canvas activity creation flow)
Fig. 3: Submission type options
After pressing Find, you will be able to choose the correct FeedbackFruits tool from the Configure External Tool menu.
Fig. 4: Configure External Tool options
Alternatively
Simply select FeedbackFruits, available in the external tool overview after which FeedbackFruits toolpicker will appear.
Within the toolpicker, you will be able to create brand new activities by choosing one of FeedbackFruits tools, copy assignment set ups from past activities, or use personal, shared or institutional templates (including Learning Journeys).
For more information on how to use the toolpicker, please read more here.
Fig. 5: Configure External Tool selecting FeedbackFruits
Fig. 6: FeedbackFruits toolpicker page
After selecting the tool or activity template you wish to use, you will be able to set up and save your FeedbackFruits assignment. After saving, you will get back to the Configure External Tool menu. You need to click select again in order for the tool link to be entered into your Canvas Assignment.
Fig. 7: Submission Type option will appear again
After you've set everything up be sure to click on Save or Save & Publish if you'd like the assignment to be available to students immediately.
Fig. 8: Save the activity
4. In this last part you could select a Section for who the Assignment is meant.
(When using LTI and API, be aware that if this is a group assignment, the group set you formulate in Canvas groups should only contain students that are within this same section, otherwise students are enrolled in the assignment for whom the assignment is not visible).
Fig. 9: Assign option
5. Click Save
That’s it! You’ve now added the FeedbackFruits tool to your course in Canvas. Don’t forget that after you’ve finished setting up the tool, you still have to publish the tool to your students in order for them to see it!
Adding a FeedbackFruits tool under Modules
1. To use FeedbackFruits in a course, first navigate to the course in which you want to add one of our tools. Then, click on Modules or Assignments. We will first discuss how to add a tool as an item in a Module.
Fig. 10: Canvas course page selecting + Module
2. Choose the right module to which you want to add the tool. In this example, we want to add a tool to the module Course information. To add a tool, click on the + button in the upper-right corner of this particular module. Remind yourself that + module, the blue button, is to add a new module, a new section to the course. After clicking the +, the following screen will appear:
Fig. 11: Adding a tool to the module Course information
3. Choose External Tool. All available external tools will appear: choose the FeedbackFruits tool you want to use in your course. In this case, we select Interactive Document.
Fig. 12: Adding external to Course information
Alternatively
Simply select FeedbackFruits, available in the external tool overview, after which the FeedbackFruits toolpicker will appear.
Again, within the toolpicker, you will be able to create brand new activities by choosing one of FeedbackFruits tools, copy assignment set ups from past activities, or use personal, shared or institutional templates (including Learning Journeys).
For more information on how to use the toolpicker, please read more here.
Fig. 13: Configure External Tool selecting FeedbackFruits
Fig. 14: FeedbackFruits toolpicker page
4. A new FeedbackFruits assignment is now added to the first Module in your course. As you can see, the tool is not published yet: it is not yet visible for your students. Click on the link to set up the tool.
For help with setting up our tools, click here to see how each tool is set up.
After you are done setting up the tool for your students, you can click the crossed circle on the right to publish the FeedbackFruits tool and make it visible for your students.
Fig. 15: Courses dashboard - module
If you want to change the settings of the assignment, you can open the assignment. Within the FeedbackFruits environment, you will see three dots at the top right corner of the assignments. If you click on it and then on Edit, you will be able to edit the assignment again. Some settings cannot be changed when students have made progress with the assignment. When you’ve finished editing the assignment, click on save at the top right.