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Moodle LTI Advantage 1.3 Usage Guide for Educators

The Team from Poll Everywhere
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    Learning Tools Interoperability 1.3, or LTI Advantage, is the newest standard defined by the IMS Global Learning Consortium for communicating student data between systems. This latest standard creates a consistent, secure, and agile framework that can be used across different LMS tools. Poll Everywhere encourages all of our LMS integration users to update to the new LTI Advantage tools before 2021, as they provide the latest practices for protecting student data and personal identifiable information.

    The instructions for Moodle LMS LTI Adv. 1.3, version 2.0.1, are included in the following sections.

    Introduction

    Instructors can import their course rosters from their university’s Moodle LMS into Poll Everywhere. This automatically registers each student as a Poll Everywhere participant. Registering students with Poll Everywhere allows educators to identify how students responded to their activities easily, enabling you to import those responses into Moodle via a Gradebook report. The following instructions will walk you through importing students and exporting graded responses to Moodle.

    Connecting your course to Poll Everywhere and syncing your roster

    Step 1: In Moodle, navigate to the course you want to use with Poll Everywhere.

    Step 2: Click to Turn editing on the top right of the screen. 

    Step 3: Under the Topic section in your course, Select "Add an activity or resource."

    Step 4: Select All tab

    Step 5: Select Poll Everywhere as the Preconfigured tool. Under the Common module settings menu, ensure the Availability is set to "Hide on Course page." Finally, click Save and return to course.

    Step 6: Turn off Edit mode

    Step 7: Click the Topic in the course to open the Poll Everywhere tool. On the LMS Import page, click the Sync Roster button and Poll Everywhere will begin importing the student roster for the selected Moodle course. If you have changed your participant list in Moodle since you first synced your roster, this will update your rosters in Poll Everywhere to match.

    When this is done, a new Poll Everywhere account will be created for each student who did not already have one. Students will automatically receive a notification email with a link to change their password. You can edit and manage the imported students at https://www.polleverywhere.com/participants.

    Course management 

    Course management streamlines course administration, simplifying class management for educators and administrators. This update enhances how professors integrate Poll Everywhere with their LMS.

    Key Features:

    • Scoring Assignments: Assignments can be scored based on correctness, participation, and attendance. These scores seamlessly sync with your LMS using both points-based and percentage-based models.

    Accessing Courses

    Helpful tip: Ensure your LMS is set up and integrated with Poll Everywhere to see the Course Management icon. A new navigation icon will appear on the left for users with LTI courses integrated. If a course isn't connected, the icon will appear once the integration is complete. 

    Step 1: Log in to your account at www.polleverywhere.com  

    Step 2: Click on the Course Management icon. You can find two ways to access Course Management below:

    a) Click on the course icon on the navigation bar shown on the left.

    Course Icon1.png

    b) Click on the Participants icon on the navigation bar shown on the left, then select Courses.

    Creating Assignments

    Step 1: Empty State Screen: Select a course, an empty state screen appears if no assignments have been created, and an arrow will prompt you to click the Add New Assignment card.Creating Assignment.png

    Step 2: Add New Assignment: Clicking the icon opens a flyout window called an "Action Sheet" for activating participation and correctness. Enter the assignment name and configure the participation and/or the correctness requirements.

    Note: You can't save until you enter the "Assignment Name." However, you can save the assignment name without activating participation or correctness. Instructors can configure grading settings after selecting activities to include in an assignment. You can choose either or both grading types:

    • Participation: Points for attempting activities
    • Correctness: Points for answering correctly

    To configure grading settings before syncing grades. There are two types of grading criteria: Participation and Correctness. You can select either or both.

     Learn more about Participation and Correctness Grading Options here: Understanding Participation and Correctness Grading Options

    Create Assignment.png

    Step 3: Save Assignment: After selecting settings, click Save to add the new assignment. The new assignment will appear within a new column. Initially, "sync grades" is inactive until activities are added.

    New Assignment.png

    Step 4: Adding Activities

    a) If activities have been created, click Add Activity to open the updated flyout, and all activities will now be displayed in a single window.

    Add activities.png

    • You can select all activities in the visible list by toggling on the activity flyout window box and selecting all. This will only apply to the activities shown on the screen, not the entire folder.

    b) If no activities are created or you need to "Create a New Activity", the new activity button is more visible with a plus icon, making it easier to locate for creating new activities.

    Course Gradebook.png

    • You can also click the + (plus icon) at the bottom of the assignment fly-out to create a new activity. 

    Course Gradebook - no activities.png

    • Follow the activity creation flow

    Add_New Activities.png

     

    c) Refresh Activity List: If you create new activities, "hit the refresh button". to update the activity list instantly. Newly added activities will appear after refreshing.

    Course Gradebook - Refresh.png

    • The activities are displayed in the assignment. Click on an activity to view its summary. You can add or remove activities and make changes to the assignment.

    Managing Multiple Assignments and Activities

    a) Manage multiple assignments and activities in a populated state.

    Helpful tip: When navigating through nested folders, breadcrumbs will appear at the top of the screen, allowing you to easily backtrack to previous folder levels. If there are multiple subfolders, the breadcrumbs will display them for quick navigation. If subfolders exist, a drop-down appears to help navigate through multiple layers of activities.

    Example: You create subfolders (e.g., Course PM 2, within Course PM 3), and as you navigate through them, breadcrumbs will change to reflect your current position. The master Activities folder will always be visible for easy navigation.

    • Edit an activity by following the same process flow used during the activity creation. Edit activities.png
    • The interface includes a folder breakdown showing all activities and assignments.Breakdown folder.png

    Grade Synchronization

    Grade sync activates once activities are added to an assignment. Click Sync Grades to start the synchronization process, similar to roster sync. Sync grades.png

    Helpful tip: "Sync Grades" becomes active when activities are in the assignment, and will only appear after grading options (participation and correctness) have been configured and saved. You can select either one or both, depending on your use case. Visit the LMS integration section to learn more about Sync Grade.

    Viewing Grades

    a) Click on "View Grades" for a specific group (e.g., Customer Support 101).View grades.png

    b) The new page displays participation and/or correctness settings configured earlier. Both tabs show the respective settings. A side tab, similar to a config panel, allows users to update settings.

    • View grades for participation and configure Settings:Participation.png
    • View grades for correctness and configure Settings:Correctness.png
    • If participation or Correctness is turned off, a notification with an image and text will inform the user that they need to activate participation and or correctness for the assignment.Participant off.pngCorrectness off.pngNote: If both Participation and Correctness are selected, we send two separate grade columns to your LMS (e.g., Canvas). 

    Deleting Synced LMS Assignments in Poll Everywhere

    April 2025 Update- You can now delete LMS-synced assignments directly within Poll Everywhere, improving alignment between your LMS (e.g., Canvas) and Poll Everywhere when managing course assignments. This prevents confusion when assignments are removed from the LMS but still show in Poll Everywhere. To delete a synced assignment:

    1. Navigate to your Course Management page.

    2. Click on the desired course,

    3. Locate the assignment and click the Delete button just under the Delete AssignmentDelete Ass.png

    4. A confirmation prompt will appear, informing you:

      • Deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.

      • This action does NOT affect the assignment in your LMS (e.g., Canvas).

    5. Confirm deletion.

    Optional Course Start and End Dates Pickers

    April 2025 Update - To help manage response data across academic terms, you can now set optional course start and end dates. This filters LMS-synced assignment responses based on when they were submitted. This is ideal if you:

    • Reuse polls or activities across semesters.

    • Want to ensure only current-term student responses are included in LMS grade sync.

    • Need a lightweight way to control when participation counts, without managing poll-level settings.

    To set the optional course dates:

    • Go to your Course Management page.

    • Select the course you want to configure.

    • Optionally enter a Start Date, End Date, or both.

    • Click Set Start and/or Set End to save changes.Course mgt Date picker.png

    To learn more, please click here: Getting Started with Course Management

    If you have any questions or run into issues, please contact the Technical Support team

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