Adding IVQ to Brightspace and Linking it to Grades

Integrating Interactive Video Quizzes (IVQs) into Brightspace is a great way to make learning more engaging and interactive. To ensure students get credit for their participation, it’s important to correctly link the IVQ to the gradebook. This article walks you through the steps to add an IVQ link to your Brightspace course and seamlessly connect it to the Grades tool, so student scores are automatically recorded.

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Note: if you are unfamiliar with using IVQ, follow the link to using IVQ to make your videos interactive to a tutorial article on how to use it.
  • Step 1, get the URL for the assignment
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Select the quiz you would like to make an assignment in Brightspace:
Select Quiz from IVQ from the dropdown list

 

Click on the button that reads "Copy Quiz Link", the link will be added to your clipboard:

Copy Quiz Link button

 Log in to Brightpace:

https://mycourses.stonybrook.edu/

Click on the course you would like to add the assignment to (In this case it is "Paul's Test Course"):

A course highlighted on the Brightspace homepage

Click on the "Content" Menu Item:

Content Menu highlighted

Click on the "Existing Activities" dropdown, choose "External Learning Tools":

Find Existing Activities and choose External Learning Tools

Use the inner scrollbar to get to the bottom of the section where it says "Create New LTI Link":

Create New LTI Link button

Give the assignment a title, paste the IVQ URL that you copied to the clipboard earlier, click on "Create and Insert":

Create activity page, with the Create and Insert button highlighted

In the Library, find the content you just created and click on the name (In this case "Assignment #3"):

Assignment link highlighted

Bellow the video you should see an area title "Assessment", click on the plus icon:

 

Assessment Section and add a new grade item option highlighted

Give the Grade Item a name, I recommend naming it similar to the content i.e "Assignment #3 Grade":

New Grade item page

The Maximum Points defaults to 10, if you would like the assignment to be worth more or less edit this now, Click on "Create":

Maximum points and create button highlighted

 

 

This Content Last Updated:
05/16/2025
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This Content Last Updated:
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