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Install the Pivot Interactives App to Schoology

How to install the Pivot Interactives app to Schoology
Trevor Register avatar
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago

Overview

Install the Pivot Interactives app to Schoology to:

  • Have students click a Pivot Interactives assignment from within Schoology to create automatically Pivot Interactives account, link it to their Schoology account, and place them into the correct Pivot Interactives class.

  • Allow students to complete their Pivot Interactives assignments from within Schoology. They will never have to leave the Schoology website.

  • Allow grades to automatically be sent from Pivot Interactives to Schoology.

Installing the Pivot Interactives app will need to be done by someone with Schoology admin privileges. Connecting Pivot Interactives to Schoology will require a Pivot Interactives account.

NOTE: Currently Schoology only allows LTI 1.3 apps to be installed at the district or building level. The only other way to limit access would be to set up a separate permissions role for teachers using Pivot Interactives

Install the Pivot Interactives App to Schoology

  1. Click to open the App Center Menu.

  2. Click App Center.

  3. Find the Pivot Interactives app, then click Pivot Interactives. Note: use your browser's In-page search function to do this quickly. CTRL + F on PC, Command + F on macOS.

  4. Click Install LTI 1.3 App.

  5. Read the consent notifications and click Agree, then Continue if you agree.

  6. Click Add to Organization.

  7. Click Install/Remove.

  8. Check the appropriate boxes to install to specific courses to all courses.

  9. Click Submit.

  10. Click Configure.

  11. Copy the Deployment ID. You'll need this for the next section.

Pivot Interactives is now added to your institution's Schoology installation. The next step is to connect your Schoology installation to Pivot Interactives. This step can be done by anyone at your institution who has an account on Pivot Interactives.

Connect Pivot Interactives to Schoology.

NOTE: If you're a Schoology Administrator and not an instructor that will be using Pivot Interactives, then you'll need to have your school's Pivot Interactives License Administrator add you to the license so that you can create an account. You can also email support@pivotinteractives.com to expedite this. There is no cost associated with creating this account.

  1. Log into Pivot Interactives.

  2. Click Account.

  3. Click LTI.

  4. Click Schoology

  5. Click Step 2: Configure Your Platform in Pivot Interactives.

  6. Paste the Deployment ID you copied from Schoology

  7. Enter your school-specific URL for Schoology WITHOUT the https:// prefix. For example: your-school.schoology.com

  8. Click Register

Pivot Interactives is now connected to your school's Schoology installation!

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