In this article, we will cover how to add Labster simulations to your courses. Since your institution has chosen to integrate Labster with your LMS, we'll walk you through the steps to ensure accessing Labster is simple and easy to follow for everyone.
Important note
Before you can add Labster simulations to your course, the LMS Administrator of your Institution needs to set up Labster tool. This technical step can only be perform by the IT team.
You'll need to be logged in to the LMS with either teacher or administrator access to make changes to your course and add Labster Simulation.
You need both Lasbter set-up as a tool in your LMS and an active license to access Labster
If Labster isn't set up yet, please reach out to your Labster Customer Success Manager or our Support Team for help
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Step-by-step & detailed instructions
💻 Access Labster's catalog from Blackboard
Log in in Blackboard as a teacher
Go to the course you would like to add content to
Go to the Content section of your course
Make sure edit mode is on (up-right corner)
Click the “Build Content” menu
Select the Labster installed tool
Once you click on the tool, a pop-up window will appear within your Blackboard course. You can browse our entire catalog (including all the supplementary resources) within this pop-up.
🔎 Browse into Labster catalog and select the simulation(s) you wish to add to your course
Search for simulation, course, unit or collection
From the catalog page (content picker), you have two easy ways to search for simulations:
Search Bar: Use the search bar at the top right to find a specific simulation, unit, or course by entering keywords.
Browse: Explore available Courses or Collections to find simulations that align to your curriculum. Narrow down the selection by applying filters. Click on "Discipline" or "Education level" and select the relevant criteria..
Once you found what you're looking for, you can add one or multiple simulations to you course:
Click on the blue "Add simulation" button to select the simulation(s) that you want to include to your course. Repeat the process for each simulation that you would like to add.
You can also add a full Course Package, Course Unit or Collection by clicking on the blue "Add Unit" or "Add Content" button.
As you select multiple contents, a black banner will appear at the bottom of the screen displaying the number of simulations you've selected. When you’re done, simply click "Done" to finalize and add all selected simulations to your LMS course.
❌Please note that you cannot unselect simulations from a course, unit or collection. you can only add the full list.
✅If you want to adjust the list, you can search for the simulation one by one or delete the unwanted simulations at the end of the process (after adding them to your course, instead of editing the settings & publishing you can delete them from your course).
⚙️ Edit the settings of the simulations
10. After you have added the required simulation, you will be able to use Blackboard settings to set up everything else for your Labster assignment (Simulation points, Due Date, Launch container, Visibility to students, etc.)
Blackboard Assignment Settings
Labster automatically synchronizes with the assignment settings in Blackboard. This means that any configurations you apply to assignments in Blackboard will also affect Labster simulations, with Blackboard overseeing these settings. Below we will mention how some assignment settings work with Labster:
Due Date:
The deadline by which students need to submit their assignments. Please note that Labster continues to submit grades to Blackboard after the due date has passed. Submissions made beyond this deadline will be labeled as 'LATE' in Blackboard.
Date and Time Restrictions:
This setting defines the timeframe during which students can access the assignment, by specifying the opening and closing dates. It's important to understand that students will be unable to access the simulations before the start date or after the end date.
🎉The simulations are now published in your course according to the settings you have selected.
That’s it the simulations are published! Reproduce all the steps above for all the courses you wish to add Labster Simulation.
🧑🎓 Student access, grades & progress
Access Labster
To access Labster's simulation, your students will need to login into their student account/LMS portal and go to the course you have published in Labster's simulations. They don't need an account with Labster since the simulations are accessible within your school LMS.
They will simply click on the simulation name and they can start to learn!
Monitor their grade, score and progress
Once they have played or started a simulation, you can follow their score and progress from 2 different tools:
Labster dashboard
Your LMS Gradebook (final grade only)
Labster Dashboard
You can add the Labster Dashboard as a new activity or resource following the same guidelines from above.
To find out more about Labster Dashboard features click on the button below 👇
📺 Webinar (video instructions)
All the steps mentioned above are demonstrated in the video!
Contact Support
Please do not hesitate to reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions or need assistance.
To get in touch with our Support Team, you can:
🔵click on the blue button located at the bottom right of the screen
📚 Help Center article Contact Support
📧 or by email: customer.support@labster.com