Enabling the Lingco LTI (Lingco SSO)
Your Canvas Admin likely installed the Lingco LTI (Lingco SSO) in a disabled state. You can check this by going to your Canvas course and looking at the course navigation tabs.
If you see a Lingco Classroom tab, it's already enabled and you don't need to do anything.
If you do not see a Lingco Classroom tab, follow the directions below to enable Lingco SSO in your Canvas course.
Select your Canvas course, then click on Settings on the left side navigation.
Once in Settings, click on the Navigation tab
Click on the three dot icon next to ‘Lingco Classroom’ and click Enable so that it’ll show up on your course’s left side navigation. Or, you can drag it into your course navigation.
Click Save
Accessing Lingco via Canvas
Click on the Lingco Classroom tab on the left side navigation in your Canvas course to access Lingco.
If you don't have an account yet, you'll be taken to the account registration page to finish creating it. Your name and email used in your Canvas instance should be pre-filled. You'll then select/verify your school after clicking 'Continue Registration'.
Once you finish creating your account, you'll be brought to a page that looks like the image below. If you already have a Lingco account, clicking the Lingco Classroom tab in Canvas will launch you directly to this page.
Setting up your Course
Select a Lingco National course from the list of template courses (e.g., Spanish Level 1), or one of your own courses (if you have any). You can change the language filter and you can also search for templates and courses.
We recommend using one of our National courses because it creates your own copy of the National course with all of the units and content, which saves you a ton of time! All units and content are are already organized for you and align with the textbook, workbook, lesson plans, etc. Once your course is created, you'll have the option to remove any units or content you don't want from your course.
After selecting a course, follow the steps to set up your course. If you select an existing course, you'll have the option to connect it as-is or create a copy to use. After selecting a course, follow the steps to set up your course. When finished, click Create and Connect.
Lingco Classroom will then connect your course and sync the rosters. Click Proceed to My Course to go to your new course dashboard.
'Checking' Rosters
From your course home page, click on Roster on the right side bar, then click on +Add/Invite to Course
Click the ‘Sync with Canvas’ button to ‘check’ your roster to ensure all students have been added.
Your students will be able to click the Lingco Classroom tab in Canvas to enroll in your course.
You’ll be able to track student enrollment progress on the Roster page in Lingco.
Enrolling Students
Students will click on the ‘Lingco Classroom’ tab on the left side nav in your Canvas course to directly access your Lingco course.
If students don't have a Lingco account created when they first click the Lingco Classroom tab, they'll be prompted to finish creating their account with a one-time failsafe password - just in case they ever try to log in the traditional way (on our login page with their email and password). Once they finish creating their account, they’ll be enrolled in your course.
Every subsequent time they click the Lingco Classroom tab in Canvas, they'll be taken directly to your Lingco course - they will not be prompted to login or anything.
Sharing Assigned Content
Once you’ve assigned content in your Lingco course and configured the assignment settings, you’ll be able to share the assignment with Canvas by clicking the ‘Share with Canvas’ button. This will automatically create an equivalent assignment in Canvas with the same due date and number of points.
If a grading category is set, then the assignment will be added to the corresponding assignment group, if one is found. If no grading category is set, you’ll see the Lingco assignment under the first/default assignment group in the 'Assignments' tab in Canvas.
You’ll now be able to add the assignment to a Canvas module. Students will then be able to click the assignment and click the ‘view on Lingco’ hyperlink that takes them directly into the assignment in Lingco so they can complete it!
Syncing Grades
Once your students have completed the assignment, you can click the ‘Sync with Canvas’ button to automatically send their grades directly to your Canvas gradebook. You can click this button as many times as needed (e.g., if a student submits work late, you can click this again to update their grade in the Canvas gradebook).
When we send grades to Canvas, we send them as a percentage. So, if you adjust the rules of the assignment like the number of points, make it pass/fail, etc. the assignment should adapt accordingly.
Common Errors
I shared the assignment but I don't see it in Canvas
If no grading category was set, or if we didn't find a matching one in Canvas, then Canvas places it in the first assignment category that it finds. To find the assignment, click on the assignments tab in Canvas and search for it by name. The Canvas assignment will have the same name as the Lingco assignment.
I see the assignment in Canvas but I don't see my students' grades after syncing
Verify that your roster is checked. When you sync the roster, we look for a match for each student and store their Canvas user ID in Lingco. If this step doesn't happen, we won't be able to assign a grade for a student and they will be skipped. If your roster is up to date, you'll see the image below pop up.
A default late policy is applied to every course in the system to match the existing behavior of getting a 0 after any amount of time submitted late. You can change that behavior in the course settings to only give a certain markdown either once, every day, or every hour late until they get to the minimum markdown.
