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Additional features for Coursera - LMS integration

Table of content

  1. Granular grade Sync
  2. Grade Sync Without SSO (Roster Grade Sync)
  3. Multiple LMS shells 
  4. Incremental Grade Sync

1. Granular grade Sync

The LMS integration over LTI includes the grade sync feature. Currently, GG4L offers 3 options of grade sync:

  • Final Grade sync (the final grade for the Coursera course will be published in the LMS grade book);
  • Granular grade sync:
    1. Option A (the grades for the chosen course assignments will be transferred to the LMS grade book);
    2. Option B (the grades for each gradable assignment of the course will be published in the LMS grade book, but not the final grade).

If you would like to learn more about the grade sync options, please refer to this article.

2. Grade Sync Without SSO (Roster Grade Sync)

The LTI integration includes the requirement for all the users to perform SSO from the LMS to the Coursera courses (using the published deep link) at least once. During the SSO, GG4L receives the parameters required for the grade sync.

The feature of grade sync without SSO allows GG4L to pull the required parameters for all the students who are enrolled in the LMS course shell, even if at least 1 user (instructor or student) has completed SSO.

Note: this feature is not available for the LTI 1.1 integrations.

3. Multiple LMS shells

Note: this feature is not available for the LTI 1.1 integrations.

The feature of Multiple LMS shells will be in use for the organizations that plan to publish the same course of one Coursera program in multiple LMS course shells. 

Please, let GG4l Customer Support know whether you would like to have this feature activated during the onboarding process. If you have the integration already set up and would like to take advantage of this feature, please reach out to GG4L Customer Support at support@gg4l.com

Please note: we strongly advise against copying content through different LMS course shells. When it comes to LTI integrations, the behavior of the copied assignments may not always be predictable and depends on each individual LMS configuration. To ensure a smooth experience with integration, please make sure to publish all assignments according to the instructions shared previously.

4. Incremental sync

For the customers who have Coursera-LMS Integration via GG4L, we can activate the Incremental Grade Sync function. It will change the way how the grades are sent to the LMS. If Incremental Grade Sync is activated, only new and updated grades will be exported to the LMS grade book. Otherwise, all the existing grades are exported to the LMS grade book every 24 hours. 

Note: this feature is not available for the LTI 1.1 integrations.