Using Digication in your LMS

New Digication Templates are now available for all LMS LTI connections including Blackboard, Canvas, Desire2Learn, Moodle, and Sakai.

Preparing Your Course
Accessing Digication for the First Time
Configuring Your Course for New Digication ePortfolios
Selecting a New Course Template
Managing Your Templates
Connecting to a Course in Digication
Digication Template Notifications

Preparing Your Course
Accessing Digication for The First Time

To connect your course to Digication, first make sure that you are enrolled in the course as an instructor.  Only an instructor can create the course connection with Digication.  Once you have confirmed this, access the Digication link in your LMS to create the course connection with Digication.

If you do not yet have a Digication account, you will be greeted and see a prompt confirming that you would like to create a brand new Digication account account that links to your LMS account. Click the Confirm button (1) to create your new linked account and access Digication

Be Aware: If this is NOT your first time accessing Digication with this LMS account, please navigate to your course home page and contact Digication Support at support@digication.com for further assistance to prevent any potential data loss.

On the Welcome page, feel free to watch the introductory video for an overview of New Digication. Then, click "Define Templates For Students"(2) to access the Library and select ePortfolio Templates available for your course. Please note: The template screen will open in a new tab. 

Selecting a New Course Template

If a Template has not yet been shared with your course, you will be prompted to create a new Template based on an existing Template or ePortfolio you have access to.

If you do not need to share a template with your course, you can hit the [x] in the upper right hand corner twice to continue connecting your course in Digication.

Select any of your Templates and click "Use This Template" (1) or select an ePortfolio and click "Save As Template" to review the Template or ePortfolio content before applying settings.

After you have reviewed the Template, you can select this Template for your course and advance to configuring settings by clicking Save & Share Template (2).

A window will open that allows you to set your Template Settings. 

At the top, you can customize your template title, URL, description, and the content license (3). If you are unsure which content license applies to your template, keep the option as "Not specified". 

Next, you can manage visibility of your Template by setting sharing permissions (4). Permissions set here will only affect who can see this Template in the Library once it has been created. 

Finally, the Template Default Settings are a collection of settings that can be applied to any ePortfolios created from this Template. By default, the slider next to "The following settings will be recommended to any users using this template"(5) will be toggled on, and your course will be added to the default sharing settings. You can make any changes that you'd like to these settings.

When you are finished with the settings on this window, click the Save button(6) to finalize your template settings and save it to the Library.

Managing Your Templates
After a Template has been shared with the course, you will be brought back to the Template Management screen.

If you would like to add additional Templates to your course, you can click Add A Template (1) to select and add more Templates.

You can also review the content of Templates currently shared with your course by selecting the Template and clicking Preview (2).

You will also be able to manage Templates you created and shared with other courses under Draft Templates. When you select a Draft Template, click Edit (3) to view the Template and then if you decide, you can click "Save & Share Template" to share it with your current course. 

When you are done managing your Templates, click "Save & Continue" (4) to navigate back to your Digication dashboard.

Connecting to a Course in Digication

Once your template has been shared with your course, you can connect your LMS course to a Digication course by clicking the “Connect to a course in Digication” link at the top of the page.

Once you click this link, you’ll be prompted to either create a new Digication course or connect to an existing Digication course. Select the option for your course.

Now your course is connected to Digication.

Digication Template Notifications
An email notification will be sent to you at your registered email address anytime a Template is shared with you, or shared with any of the courses and groups you belong to. Click the View Template button (1) in the email to access the newly shared template.