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April 2, 2025
# Canvas - Coursera Integration over LTI
Coursera courses can be integrated into Canvas using LTI 1.3 technology. Once a Coursera course(s) is enabled in the Canvas environment, following the instructions in this document, users will be able to perform Single Sign-On to Coursera course(s) right from the Canvas learning management system (LMS) and learning results will be synced from Coursera to Canvas LMS.
**Article content:**
[General Integration Overview Video](https://help.schoolday.com/knowledge/canvas-coursera-integration-over-lti#general_overview_video)
[Grade Sync Options Overview Video](https://help.schoolday.com/knowledge/canvas-coursera-integration-over-lti#grade_sync_options_video)
[LTI Setup for Final Grade Sync Instructions](https://help.schoolday.com/knowledge/canvas-coursera-integration-over-lti#LTI_setup)
### General Integration Overview Video
### Grade Sync Options Overview Video
**Note:** for more info about grade sync options see the article [Grades sync to LMS from Coursera](https://help.gg4l.com/knowledge/options-of-grades-sync-to-lms-from-coursera?hsLang=en).
### LTI Setup for Final Grade Sync Instructions
**Attention:** If you are interested in **GRANULAR GRADE SYNC (Option A or B)**, please follow the instructions from the [given article](https://help.gg4l.com/knowledge/options-of-grades-sync-to-lms-from-coursera?hsLang=en).
If you would like to proceed with the **FINAL GRADE SYNC** option, please follow the instructions given below.
The integration setup steps are the following:
1. [Register developer key at Canvas instance;](https://help.schoolday.com/knowledge/canvas-coursera-integration-over-lti#register-dev-key-at-Canvas)
2. [Configure the Canvas application for Coursera;](https://help.schoolday.com/knowledge/canvas-coursera-integration-over-lti#configure-Canvas-app)
3. [Configure LTI tool parameters;](https://help.schoolday.com/knowledge/canvas-coursera-integration-over-lti#LTI-tool-configuration)
4. [Publish Coursera courses in your LMS;](https://help.schoolday.com/knowledge/canvas-coursera-integration-over-lti#publish-course-in-LMS)
5. [Access Coursera courses from Canvas;](https://help.schoolday.com/knowledge/canvas-coursera-integration-over-lti#access-course-from-LMS)
6. [Sync learning results from Coursera to Canvas.](https://help.schoolday.com/knowledge/canvas-coursera-integration-over-lti#sync-results)
The detailed instructions are given below.
### Configuring Coursera as an LTI tool
#### Registering developer key at Canvas instance
1. Log in to the Canvas website as an Administrator.
2. Click the *Admin* menu item and then choose the Account that you would like to configure Coursera courses for.
**Tip:** If you want to limit access to the LTI tool, you can create a tool on a sub-account level by choosing the sub-account in the Accounts list.
3. Select *Developer keys* on the left menu board.
4. Click **+DEVELOPER KEY** and select **+LTI KEY**.
5. Enter the following details and click **SAVE**:
*Key Name:* whatever you prefer
*Redirects URIs*: [https://coursera.gg4l.com/auth/lti13/SSO](https://coursera.gg4l.com/auth/lti13/SSO)
[https://api.gg4l.com/datahub/services/ims/lti/v1p3/deep\_link](https://api.gg4l.com/datahub/services/ims/lti/v1p3/deep_link)
*Method*: Manual Entry
*Title & Description:* whatever you prefer
*Target Link URI*: [https://coursera.gg4l.com/auth/lti13/SSO](https://coursera.gg4l.com/auth/lti13/SSO)
*OpenID Connect Initiation URL*: [https://coursera.gg4l.com/lti/tools/login\_initiations](https://coursera.gg4l.com/lti/tools/login_initiations)
*JWK Method*: Public JWK URL
[https://coursera.gg4l.com/ims/lti/.well-known/jwks.json](https://coursera.gg4l.com/ims/lti/.well-known/jwks.json)
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Enable *LTI Advantages Services*:
- Can create and view assignment data in the gradebook associated with the tool.
- Can view assignment data in the gradebook associated with the tool.
- Can view submission data for assignments associated with the tool.
- Can create and update submission results for assignments associated with the tool.
- Can retrieve user data associated with the context the tool is installed in.
Additional Settings
*Custom Fields*: userId=$Canvas.user.id
*Privacy Level*: Public
*Placements*: Assignment Selection
Assignment Selection
*Select Message Type*: LtiDeepLinkingRequest
*Target Link URI*: [https://api.gg4l.com/datahub/services/ims/lti/v1p3/deep\_link](https://api.gg4l.com/datahub/services/ims/lti/v1p3/deep_link)[](https://api.gg4l.com/datahub/services/ims/lti/v1p3/deep_link)
6. The LTI Key is now created. In the **Details** copy **clientID** and choose the **ON** option for **State**.
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#### Configuring the Canvas application for Coursera
1. Navigate to *Settings* and select the *Apps* tab.
2. Click the **VIEW APP CONFIGURATIONS** button.
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3. Click the **+APP** button.
4. Enter the following details and click **SUBMIT**:
*Configuration Type*: By Client ID
*Client ID*: paste the value copied from step 6 in the "Registering developer key at Canvas instance" section:
#### **LTI tool configuration parameters**
Get the **deployment\_id**, by navigating to Admin-\>Settings-\>Apps-\>View App configurations. Select the respective tool from the list of external apps and click the *gear* icon to get the Deployment ID.
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In order to configure LMS integration in Connect, please provide [*GG4L Customer Support*](mailto:support@gg4l.com) with the following data:
**Authentication request URL:** https://{your canvas host}.instructure.com/api/lti/authorize\_redirect
**Public keyset URL:** https://{your canvas host}.instructure.com/api/lti/security/jwks
**Access token URL:** https://{your canvas host}.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
**Issuer:** https://canvas.instructure.com
**Client ID:** from step 6 in the "Registering developer key at Canvas instance" section
**Deployment ID:** deployment\_id in Canvas is exposed after a tool has been deployed using the **client\_id**
**Note**: For more details, check this page: [https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.lti\_dev\_key\_config.html#step-2](https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.lti_dev_key_config.html#step-2)
### Publishing Coursera courses in your LMS
This section describes publishing Coursera Course(s) into a Canvas course.
To allow grades passback from Coursera to Canvas the links to Coursera courses should be published as Assignments.
**Note**: For more details, check this page: [https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.assignment\_tools.html](https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.assignment_tools.html)
1. Open the content of the course (use the *Courses* menu item in the left navigation panel to display a list of courses)
2. Select the *Assignments* sub-menu of the Courses menu item and select assignments group (assignments group can be created as a part of creating a new assignment)
3. Click "+" icon to the right of the assignments group - the *Add Assignment* dialog window is shown.
4. Select *External Tool* for the "Type" (the first field in the window).
5. Click the **MORE OPTIONS** button - a new Assignment configuration view is to be shown.
6. Fill out the "Assignment name".
7. Points should be equal to 100:
That’s required for the correct learning results synchronization.
8. Click the **FIND** button in front of the *Enter or find an External Tool URL* field in the *Submission Type* section.
9. Select “Coursera” from the list - a list of Coursera courses will be shown in the *Link Resource from External Tool* popup window.
10. Select the desired program -\> course and click **SUBMIT**.
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11. Click **SELECT** to close the window.
12. Check the checkbox for *Load This Tool In A New Tab* under the *Enter or find an External Tool URL* in the *Submission Type* section.
13. Click the **SAVE AND PUBLISH** button. This will activate a new assignment that is SSO-linked to a Coursera course.
14. Repeat the steps to create assignments for the rest of the desired Coursera courses.
### Accessing Coursera Course from Canvas
To access the Coursera course an LMS learner/instructor would navigate to the *Assignments* section of the LMS course and click the hyperlink that is associated with the corresponding Coursera course.
A new page will show a description of the Coursera course. Clicking the **Load \ in a new window** button will launch a Single Sign-On to a Coursera course.
Once the user is redirected to Coursera for the first time, the user is prompted to complete enrollment:
There are 2 scenarios at this stage:
1\. **The user already has a Coursera account**: the system will ask the user to provide an email address and a password for the existing account:
2\. **The user is new to Coursera:** the system will prompt the user to create a password:
Once the user establishes an association with the Coursera program, they will be navigated to a respective Coursera course page and need to click **"Enroll"**:
**Note:** here is a link to the article on [how to access Coursera](https://help.gg4l.com/knowledge/accessing-coursera-course-from-canvas-lms?hsLang=en) that you can share with your students.
**Please note:** some browsers have pop-up blockers set by default which prevent users from showing the page. Please make sure the blocker is turned off before you access the course.
### Syncing learning results from Coursera to Canvas
To examine learning results from Coursera for learners, who are enrolled in the course, LMS Instructor needs to use the *Grades* submenu of the respective LMS course.
LMS Learners can view their own learning results from Coursera using the *Grades* submenu of the respective LMS course.
Grades are scaled from 0 to 1 and are shown when a learner completes the respective course in Coursera.
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