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How to Get Started with Push to LMS

Dayne
Updated

This guide is for anyone new to FeedbackFruits' Learning Design System who wants to simplify the process of placing activities into LMS courses. We’ll walk you through what the new "Push to LMS" functionality is, how to set it up, and what steps are needed from your institution to enable it.

Please note - if you are a new FeedbackFruits partner joining after July 2025, this will be integrated into your Setup Wizard walkthrough so you will be set up and ready to go from the start of your platform usage. 

Let's get started!

 

What is Push to LMS?

Push to LMS is a feature that allows you to publish FeedbackFruits activities directly into your LMS course. No more jumping through LMS hoops – it streamlines your workflow and saves time.

 

Why it Matters

Setup in the LMS is often complex and error-prone. By integrating more seamlessly into the LMS structure:

  • We reduce friction for educators.
  • We increase the chances of successful activity placement.
  • We improve discoverability by placing FeedbackFruits directly in the course navigation.

Rollout Plan

We’re starting with Canvas in June 2025, followed by Brightspace and Blackboard (TBD). Moodle may follow, pending feasibility research.

 

What You Can Do with Push to LMS

  • Place FeedbackFruits in the course menu 
  • Push learning activities directly into your LMS course
  • Simplify setup and improve user flow

Functionality Walk Through

1. Set FeedbackFruits up in your Course Navigation

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2. Select a learning activity template to implement in your course, through the picker. 

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3. Select the assignment group you want to place the activity in 

assignmentgroup.png4. Navigate to the activity in your LMS Course 

 

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Navigating Designs Within the Toolpicker

Within the new Toolpicker, you'll notice the option to filter particular templates - here's how it works in practice: 

  1. Click filter in the top right to expand the filter menu. 

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  2. Within the filtered view, you can see all templates matching your selected filters. 

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  3. You can also use the search bar (next to the filters button) either as a standalone or in combination with a filtered view to look for a particular keyword, like AI. 

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  4. If no templates are found matching your filters, you'll see a page prompting you to change your parameters.

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How do I Set Up Push to LMS?

To set up Push to LMS, please contact your Partner and Pilot Manager at FeedbackFruits - they will enable the feature for you. 

Once the feature has been enabled, you can contact your IT Admin at your institution to set up the prerequisites in your LMS. 

You can see a full list of the required scopes per LMS here: 

Required Scopes & Intended Purpose

This section outlines the additional permissions institutions need to grant for the new Push to LMS functionality to operate effectively.

Canvas

Name Action Scope description
url:GET|/api/v1/courses Listing courses Ability to read course details
url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignment_groups Creating Assignment Groups Add new assignment groups to organize course assessments
url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments Listing Assignments View existing assignments within a course
url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules Listing Modules Access module structure
url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules Creating Modules Add new modules to organize content
url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items Listing Module Items View content items inside modules
url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments Creating Assignments Create new assignments (in assignment group)
url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items Creating Module Items Add items to modules
url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignment_groups Listing Assignment Groups View assignment group structure


Brightspace

Scope Action Description
orgunits:course:read GET course Read information regarding the course and it’s structure (ammount of modules etc)
ltiadvantage:links:read GET links List all links for an orgunit
ltiadvantage:links:create POST links Create a new feedbackfruits link, where the FbF activities will live
content:modules:manage CRUD modules Allows us to create and update modules inside a course. We also need to list modules, but that scope is already added for all API integrations



How Do I Set Up Push to LMS in Canvas?

For Canvas, different procedures apply depending on your registration type:

Canvas - Inherited Keys

Canvas (Instructure) will enable course navigation for inherited keys, but the IT administrator must activate it separately for each course.

Canvas - Manual Keys

Admins at your institution must:

  1. Go to Admin > Developer Keys

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  2. Edit the existing keyimage (6) (1).png

  3. Scroll to "Placements"image (7).png

  4. Select "Course Navigation"
  5. Add correct launch URL depending on your institution's region:

 

Canvas - Dynamic Registration

Institutions using dynamic registration must enable Course Navigation Placement within their existing Developer Key setup.

Steps:

  1. Go to Admin > Developer Keysimage - 2025-06-11T101313.018.png

  2. Find the FeedbackFruits LTI key and click 'Edit'image - 2025-06-11T101337.448.png

  3. Scroll to the "Placements" section and select "Course Navigation" from the dropdownimage - 2025-06-11T101403.650.png

  4. Click 'Save' - and you're done! 

This enables the FeedbackFruits tool to appear in the course navigation menu.

 

How Do I Set Up Push to LMS in Brightspace?

Currently, we only have manual setup available - here are the steps:

Adding a Custom Link

    1. Navigate to Manage Extensibility > LTI Advantage

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    2. Click "FeedbackFruits"
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    3. Add platform URL (found above in the list of regional URLs) to Redirect URLs

    4. Click "Save"
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    5. Go to "View Deployments"

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    6. Click "FeedbackFruits" > "View Links"image (14) (1).png

    7. Click on "New Link" and enter the link name and URL:  image (16) (1).png
    8. Fill out the name and URL fields with the values for FeedbackFruits Learning Design System image (17) (1).png
    9. Save and close

 

Adding the custom link to a Navbar

  1. In the course that you want to add FeedbackFruits to, click the three dots menu in the navbar, then click “Edit This Navbar”.

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  2. Under Links, click "Add Links"

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  3. Select the new Custom Link (the one you just created) by enabling the checkmark and clicking "add". Screenshot 2025-04-10 at 16.10.46.png
  4. Drag the newly added link to the required position in the navbar - you can adjust the properties of the link using the guidance in the next section. image - 2025-06-11T102637.523.png
  5. The link is now available in the Navbar! 

 

Blackboard Setup

  1. Navigate to Admin > LTI Tool Providers within Blackboard
  2. Locate FeedbackFruits - hover over the item and click "Manage Placements"
  3. Click "Synchronize Placements”

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