D2L Brightspace integration
Edform in D2L Brightspace
Add Edform quizzes, interactive worksheets, lessons and video lessons to your Brightspace courses. Students open them from the course without another password, Edform grades them and the scores land in the Brightspace gradebook.
- Works inside Brightspace courses
- No extra passwords for students
- Scores in the Brightspace gradebook
How does Edform work with D2L Brightspace?
Edform connects to D2L Brightspace with LTI 1.3, the standard Brightspace uses for external tools. Your Brightspace administrator adds Edform once by pasting one registration URL. After that, you add Edform activities to your courses in Content, where you add existing activities or external learning tools: a picker with your Edform library opens inside Brightspace, you pick an activity, and Brightspace 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 Brightspace gradebook. Brightspace grade items are created for each activity you add.
How to use Edform in D2L Brightspace
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Your Brightspace admin adds Edform
In Brightspace, the admin opens Admin Tools → Manage Extensibility → LTI Advantage → Register Tool, chooses Dynamic, pastes https://edform.com/api/lti/register, then creates a deployment for the org units that should use Edform.
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Add an Edform activity to your course
In Content, where you add existing activities or external learning tools, choose Edform and pick one of your quizzes, worksheets, lessons or video lessons.
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Students open it from the course
Students click the activity, work in Edform and hand in. Their score goes to the Brightspace 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 Brightspace
When you add Edform to a course, your Edform activities open right inside Brightspace. Search, pick one and press Add: Edform creates homework for this course and Brightspace 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
Brightspace 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 Brightspace
- Class matches the course
- No join codes
Grades go to Brightspace by themselves
Each student's best score goes to the Brightspace 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 Brightspace
Single sign-on
Students and teachers open Edform from Brightspace without another password.
Activity picker
Add Edform activities from inside Brightspace with Deep Linking.
Gradebook sync
Best scores go to the Brightspace gradebook, retried until Brightspace accepts them.
Course roster
Edform reads the course's students, so its class matches the course.
One-URL setup
Your Brightspace admin registers Edform by pasting one URL.
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 Brightspace.
- 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 Brightspace.
- 04
Keep students in one place
Students find Edform work next to the rest of the Brightspace 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 Brightspace?
Yes. Adding Edform to Brightspace, 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 Brightspace 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 Brightspace admin add Edform?
In Brightspace, the admin opens Admin Tools → Manage Extensibility → LTI Advantage → Register Tool, chooses Dynamic, pastes https://edform.com/api/lti/register, then creates a deployment for the org units that should use Edform. Our LMS guide has the details.
Where do I find Edform in Brightspace?
In a course's Content, add an existing activity or external learning tool, choose Edform and pick your activity.
Do students need an Edform account?
No. Edform creates their account the first time they open an activity from Brightspace and puts them in the course's class.
What data does Edform get?
The person's Brightspace user id, name, role in the course and, if Brightspace shares it, their email, plus the course name and its student list. Edform writes only scores back to Brightspace.
D2L and Brightspace are trademarks of D2L Corporation. Edform is not affiliated with D2L Corporation.
Bring Edform to your Brightspace courses
Create your free teacher account, make an activity, then add it to your course. Free for teachers.
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