Configure the Webex Education Connector

Use the following steps to install the Webex Education Connector in Sakai 12.x and later.

Before you begin

You need to be a Sakai Administrator and Webex site administrator to complete the installation.

1

From your web browser, go to https://lti.educonnector.io/.

2

Enter the following information:

  • Full name—Enter your first and last name.

  • Email—Enter your administrator email address.

  • Institution—Enter the name of your institution.

  • Webex site—Enter your Webex site name. Your site name is the text in your Webex URL before .webex.com. For example, if your site URL is https://myschool.webex.com/, enter myschool.

  • LMS ...—Select Sakai from the drop-down list.

  • Sakai Site Domain—Enter the URL of your Sakai site. For example, myschool.sakai.com (exclude https://).

  • Sakai Site Timezone—Select the time zone of your Sakai site from the drop-down list.

3

Click Next.


 

Take note of Your Consumer Key, Your Shared Secret, and Your LTI Registration URL information. You'll need this later.

Configure Your Sakai Site

1

Sign in to Sakai as an administrator.
2

Go to Worksite Setup and select the name of the class that you want to install the Webex Education Connector to.

3

Go to Site Info > Manage Tools and check External Tool.

4

Select Continue.

5

For Customize tool instances, enter a descriptive title for the Webex Education Connector. For example, Webex.

6

Select Continue > Finish.

7

In the left navigation panel, select Webex > Edit and enter the following information:

  • Remote Tool URL—Enter Your LTI Launch URL that you got in Step 3 of Configure the Webex Education Connector.

  • Remote Tool Key—Enter Your Consumer Key from Step 3 in Configure the Webex Education Connector.

  • Remote Tool Secret—Enter Your Shared Secret from Step 3 in Configure the Webex Education Connector.

  • Set Button Text—Enter a name that will appear in the navigation.

  • Releasing Roster Information—Check the following options:

    • Send Names to External Tool

    • Send Email Addresses to External Tool

    • Allow the External Tool to retrieve the course roster
8

Select Update Options.

A page opens where you can set up and use the Webex Education Connector.
9

Go to the Setup tab, select Authorize, and then follow the authorization steps.

Enable Site-Wide Features

1

To enable site-wide features available for instructor configuration, go to the Setup tab and click Go to Admin Console.

2

Choose the options that you want to enable.
3

Click Back to App to return to the Webex Education Connector once complete.