Grades sync to LMS from Coursera

GG4L offers two main options of grade sync to the LMS: final course grade sync and granular grade sync. Granular grade sync includes 2 different options.

Content:

1. Final Grade Sync

2. Granular Grade Sync

- Option A
- Option B

 

This short video presents the Grade Sync Options available for the Coursera - LMS integration: 

 

FINAL GRADE SYNC

Students will have a single grade for a course.

This option provides the sync of the final grade for the course back to the LMS. To set up this grade sync option, the following steps must be completed: 

1. GG4L provides the necessary instructions on how to set up an LTI tool in the LMS.
2. The LTI Administrator of the educational organization creates the tool in the LMS and sends the required values (listed in the instructions) to the GG4L Customer Support team.
3. GG4L Customer Support sets up a connection with the LTI tool created in the LMS.
4. The links to the Coursera courses are published in the LMS by the instructors or LMS Admin.
5. The students click the links and are redirected to Coursera. At this time GG4L School Passport platform receives the necessary LTI and LIS parameters to connect the student’s enrollment in the LMS and their results in Coursera.
6. When the student completes the course, the School Passport platform pulls the final course results from Coursera via API request and sends them over to the LMS. 

Example view of the grade book (LMS Canvas):

If you decide to go with this option, please follow the corresponding instructions for your LMS:

Blackboard - Coursera Integration over LTI

Canvas - Coursera Integration over LTI

Moodle - Coursera Integration over LTI

D2L - Coursera Integration over LTI

Schoology - Coursera Integration over LTI

Google Classroom - Coursera Integration

Buzz - Coursera Integration over LTI

GRANULAR GRADE SYNC

Option A.

Granular grade sync flow (DeepLink per gradable items) - Students will have separate grades for each course assignment (DeepLink).

This option provides the sync of the grades for all gradable items in a course separately back to the LMS. The instructor publishes the link exactly to the specific gradable items (quizzes/tests/labs/etc.) in the Coursera сourse and only the grades for the published gradable items are transferred back to the LMS. 

To set up this grade sync option, the following steps must be completed: 

1. GG4L provides the necessary instructions on how to set up an LTI tool in the LMS.
2. The LTI Administrator of the educational organization creates the tool in the LMS and sends the required values (listed in the instructions) to the GG4L Customer Support team.
3. GG4L Customer Support sets up a connection with the LTI tool created in the LMS.
4. The links to the assignments of Coursera courses are published in the LMS by the instructors or LMS Admin.
5. The students click the links and get redirected to Coursera. At this time GG4L School Passport platform receives the necessary LTI and LIS parameters to connect the student’s enrollment in the LMS and their results in Coursera.
6. When the student completes an assignment (a gradable item) of a Coursera course, the School Passport platform pulls the results from Coursera via API request and sends them over to the LMS.

Example view of the grade book (LMS Canvas):

 

Option B.

Granular grade sync with assignment auto-creation - Students will have grades for all the gradable items (quizzes/tests/labs/etc) of the course populated automatically to the LMS grade book.

This option provides the sync of the grades for all course assignments in bulk to the LMS. The instructor will publish the link to the Coursera course and the grades for all the gradable items (tests/quizzes/labs/etc.) will be transferred back to the LMS (BUT there will be no final grade for the whole course in the LMS grade book). 

To set up this grade sync option, the next steps must be completed: 

1. GG4L provides the necessary instructions on how to set up an LTI tool in the LMS.
2. The LTI Administrator of the educational organization creates the tool in the LMS and sends the required values (listed in the instructions) to the GG4L Customer Support team.
3. GG4L Customer Support sets up a connection with the LTI tool created in the LMS.
4. The links to the Coursera Courses are published in the LMS by the instructors or LMS Admin.
5. The students click the links and get redirected to Coursera. At this time GG4L School Passport platform receives the necessary LTI and LIS parameters to connect the student’s enrollment in the LMS and their results in Coursera.
6. When the student completes an activity (test/quiz/etc.) in Coursera, the School Passport platform pulls the results from Coursera via API request and sends them over to the LMS.

Example view of the grade book (LMS Canvas):

If you decide to choose the granular grade sync, please follow the corresponding instructions for your LMS:

Blackboard - Coursera Granular Sync Integration over LTI

Canvas - Coursera Granular Sync Integration over LTI

Moodle - Coursera Granular Sync Integration over LTI

D2L - Coursera Granular Sync Integration over LTI

Schoology - Coursera Granular Sync Integration over LTI

Buzz - Coursera Granular Grade Sync Integration over LTI