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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Brightspace, Brightspace for Instructors

This Information is Intended for:

Instructors

IVQ Basics

If you are unfamiliar with using IVQ, you can read our tutorial on how to use IVQ to make your videos interactive.

Log in to IVQ
Get the URL for the assignment
Select the quiz you would like to make an assignment in Brightspace
Click on the button that reads "Copy Quiz Link", the link will be added to your clipboard
Log in to Brightpace
Click on the course you would like to add the assignment to.
Click on the Content Menu Item
Click on the Existing Activities dropdown, choose External Learning Tools
Use the inner scroll bar to get to the bottom of the section where it says Create New LTI Link
Give the assignment a title
Paste the IVQ URL that you copied to the clipboard earlier into the LTI URL field
Click on Create and Insert
In the Library, find the content you just created and click on the name (In this case "Assignment #3")
Below the video you should see an area title "Assessment", click on the Plus Icon
Give the Grade Item a name, I recommend naming it similar to the content i.e “Assignment #3 Grade”
The Maximum Points defaults to 10, if you would like the assignment to be worth more or less edit this now, Click on Create