Integrating InfoSec Labs into Canvas Gradebook: Course and Lab Level Methods (Full Transcript)

Speaker 1: Today, we will walk through two specific ways to integrate into the gradebook. The first will be at the course level, where the scores from all challenges flow back to the gradebook in one column. The second way will show you how to integrate at the lab level and have the scores from each individual lab flow back to their own column. Regardless of which LMS you use, this process will always include copying and pasting either the InfoSec course LTI or the lab LTI URLs into your LMS's assignment creation tool. If you are using another LMS besides Canvas, the location and use of these URLs will be the same, but you will need to locate the assignment creation tool for your system. To get started, log into your institution's Canvas site and navigate to the course you would like to integrate your InfoSec course with. I will start by creating a course level link that users can use to access a list of all course labs that will also synchronize an overall grade for all labs into one Canvas gradebook column. From the left side of the page, select the Assignments button. Then select the plus button at the top right to create a new assignment. Give your link a name. We recommend naming the link something that will make it obvious to your students that they will use this link to access your InfoSec labs. Once you have given it a title, locate the Submission Type drop-down menu, and then External Tool. At this time, navigate to InfoSecLearning.com and log into your account. From the top left of the page, select the Instructor Resource Center, and from the Course Information section, select your course. Copy the course LTI URL. Navigate back to your Canvas tab and paste the URL into the Tool URL field. Check the box for Load this tool in a new tab. Assign the total number of points you'd like the labs to be worth. You should make sure that Display as Grade is set to Percentage instead of Points. And finally, select Save. A link will appear in your assignments that your students can use to access a list of the labs in your course and add a column to your Canvas gradebook representing the total points of all labs combined. In other words, the scores for capturing all challenges in the entire set of labs will appear in one column. When your students complete challenge flags in their labs, the gradebook column will update to show the points they have earned so far. The alternative method of integration means creating links to each lab that appear in your Canvas assignments, including separate gradebook columns for each lab. This is accomplished in a very similar fashion to the course level link, and you will link one lab at a time. From Assignments, select the plus button at the top right to create a new assignment. Locate the Submission Type drop-down menu and select External Tool. At this time, navigate to InfoSecLearning.com and log into your account. From the top left of the page, select Instructor Resource Center, and from the Course Information section, select your course, and then the Lab LTI URLs tab. Find the lab you would like to link, and first copy the lab title, and paste the lab title into the Assignment Title field in Canvas. Navigate back to the tab you have InfoSec open in, and copy the lab URL, and paste that into the URL field in Canvas. Check the box for Load this tool in a new tab, then assign the number of points you'd like this lab to be worth. You should make sure that Display as Grade is set to Percentage instead of Points. And finally, select Save. This will create a link to that lab, and a column in your Canvas gradebook for that lab. When your students access the lab and complete challenge flags, the gradebook column will automatically update to represent the points they have earned. If you would like to link multiple labs into your course, repeat these steps for each lab you would like to link.