Blackboard Learn integration
Edform in Blackboard Learn
Add Edform quizzes, interactive worksheets, lessons and video lessons to your Blackboard courses. Students open them from the course without another password, Edform grades them and the scores land in the Blackboard Gradebook.
- Ultra and Original courses
- No extra passwords for students
- Scores in the Blackboard Gradebook
How does Edform work with Blackboard Learn?
Edform connects to Blackboard Learn with LTI 1.3, the standard Blackboard uses for external tools. Edform is registered with Blackboard, so your Blackboard administrator adds it once with Edform's Client ID. After that, you add Edform activities to your courses from the course content: + → Content Market in Ultra courses, or Build Content in Original courses: a picker with your Edform library opens inside Blackboard, you pick an activity, and Blackboard places it in the course with a Gradebook column. Students click it and land in Edform, signed in. Edform grades their answers and sends each student's best score to the Blackboard Gradebook. It works in Ultra and Original courses.
Edform at a glance
- Price
- Free for teachers: Basic is free forever, with no credit card, and includes every feature.
- AI tools
- AI teacher tools with 5 AI points a month on Basic and 300 a month on Pro.
- Students
- Students join with a code. They need no email address and no account.
- Grading
- Quizzes and worksheets are graded automatically, with results per student and per question.
- Devices
- Runs in the browser on laptops, tablets, phones and interactive boards. Nothing to install.
- Languages
- Available in 32 languages.
- Works with
- Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, ClassLink and learning platforms that support LTI 1.3.
- Library
- A free library of ready-made quizzes, worksheets and lessons that teachers can copy and edit.
How to use Edform in Blackboard Learn
- 1
Your Blackboard admin adds Edform
In Blackboard Learn, the admin opens Administrator Panel → Integrations → LTI Tool Providers → Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool, enters Edform's Client ID a552e226-43e2-459e-bf64-256b02e41824 and approves the tool.
- 2
Add an Edform activity to your course
From the course content: + → Content Market in Ultra courses, or Build Content in Original courses, choose Edform and pick one of your quizzes, worksheets, lessons or video lessons.
- 3
Students open it from the course
Students click the activity, work in Edform and hand in. Their score goes to the Blackboard Gradebook.
Try it yourself
No sign-up needed — try it as a student
This is the real Edform player. Answer the questions and see how they're checked.
Your Edform library inside Blackboard
When you add Edform to a course, your Edform activities open right inside Blackboard. Search, pick one and press Add: Edform creates homework for this course and Blackboard adds the link with a gradebook column out of 100.
- Quizzes, worksheets, lessons, video lessons
- Homework only for this course
- Gradebook column out of 100
One click for students
Blackboard signs students in to Edform: no codes, no new passwords. The first time, Edform creates their account and puts them in the course's class. Edform also reads the course's student list, so the class is complete before anyone opens a link.
- Single sign-on from Blackboard
- Class matches the course
- No join codes
Grades go to Blackboard by themselves
Each student's best score goes to the Blackboard Gradebook as soon as they hand in, and again after you grade open answers. The full report with every answer stays in Edform.
- Sent after each hand-in
- Updated after your grading
- Full answer report in Edform
What you get in Blackboard
Single sign-on
Students and teachers open Edform from Blackboard without another password.
Activity picker
Add Edform activities from inside Blackboard with Deep Linking.
Gradebook sync
Best scores go to the Blackboard Gradebook, retried until Blackboard accepts them.
Course roster
Edform reads the course's students, so its class matches the course.
One-time setup
Your Blackboard admin adds Edform once with its Client ID; every teacher can then use it.
Your existing account
Already use Edform? Connect it the first time and keep all your activities.
Teachers use it to
- 01
Assign auto-graded homework
Quizzes and worksheets graded by Edform, scores in Blackboard.
- 02
Add interactive lessons and video
Lessons with questions and videos that stop for questions, all inside the course.
- 03
Stop copying marks
No exporting and importing grades: Edform sends them to Blackboard.
- 04
Keep students in one place
Students find Edform work next to the rest of the Blackboard course.
Explore more
- CanvasEdform quizzes and worksheets in your Canvas courses, grades in the Canvas gradebook
- MoodleEdform quizzes and worksheets in your Moodle courses, grades in the Moodle gradebook
- Other LMSs (LTI 1.3)Canvas, Moodle, Brightspace and more: activities in your course, scores in the gradebook
- IntegrationsGoogle Classroom, Microsoft Teams, LMS (LTI)
- Auto-gradingClosed answers checked the moment students hand in
- Online homeworkGive homework with a code and a deadline
Step-by-step guides
- LMS (LTI 1.3)Add Edform to Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace, Sakai, Open edX, itslearning or Blackbaud, add activities to a course and get scores in the gradebook.
- Assign homeworkGive a test as homework with a code, link or QR code and set the deadline.
- Homework reportsSee every student's score, each answer and how the class did on each question.
Frequently asked questions
Is Edform free in Blackboard?
Yes. Adding Edform to Blackboard, opening activities and sending grades are free for teachers and schools, like every Edform feature.
Which standard does Edform use?
LTI 1.3 with LTI Advantage, the 1EdTech standard Blackboard Learn uses for learning tools: single sign-on, Deep Linking to add activities, Names and Role Provisioning for the course roster, and Assignment and Grade Services for grades.
How does our Blackboard admin add Edform?
In Blackboard Learn, the admin opens Administrator Panel → Integrations → LTI Tool Providers → Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool, enters Edform's Client ID a552e226-43e2-459e-bf64-256b02e41824 and approves the tool. Our LMS guide has the details.
Where do I find Edform in Blackboard?
In an Ultra course, press + in the course content and open Content Market; in an Original course, use Build Content. Choose Edform, then your activity.
Does it work in Ultra and Original courses?
Yes. Edform uses LTI 1.3, which Blackboard Learn supports in both course views.
Do students need an Edform account?
No. Edform creates their account the first time they open an activity from Blackboard and puts them in the course's class.
What data does Edform get?
The person's Blackboard user id, name, role in the course and, if Blackboard shares it, their email, plus the course name and its student list. Edform writes only scores back to Blackboard.
Blackboard and Blackboard Learn are trademarks of Blackboard Inc. or its affiliates. Edform is not affiliated with Blackboard Inc.
Bring Edform to your Blackboard courses
Create your free teacher account, make an activity, then add it to your course. Free for teachers.
- Free for teachers
- No credit card
- Works on any device