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
Labster is excited to announce updates to our catalog that make discovering and assigning relevant content easier than ever:
Step-by-step & detailed instructions
💻 Access Labster's catalog from Schoology
Log in to your Moodle account as an instructor.
Go to the course you would like to add content to.
Click on the "Turn editing on" button.
Click on the +Add an activity or resource button.
Choose External Tool.
Under Preconfigured tools choose Labster.
🚩Click Select Content (This is critical❗).
Once you select the tool, a pop-up window will appear within your Moodle course, where you can browse our entire catalog (including all the supplementary resources).
🔎 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
11. After you have added the simulation, you will be able to use Moodle settings to set up everything else for your Labster assignment (Simulation points, Due Date, Launch container, Visibility to students, etc.)
When you have finished setting up the assignment settings, click Save and Display
🎉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 👇
❗Moodle Detailed Assignment Settings
Labster automatically synchronizes with the assignment settings in Moodle. This means that any configurations you apply to assignments in Moodle will also affect Labster simulations, with Moodle overseeing these settings. Below we will mention how some assignment settings work with Labster:
Grade:
Here, you will be able to edit the grade settings for a specific simulation and assign grade points. We recommend keeping this at the default settings, with 100 grade points per simulation.
Common Module Settings:
Here, you will be able to show or hide the assignments from students. You can also assign an ID number if required, which will allow easier identification of a specific activity/assignment.
Restrict access:
These settings will allow you to prevent students from accessing the assignment, based on various conditions. For example, you can require that students complete the assignment by a specific date.
Activity completion:
If enabled, these settings allow you to track assignment completion in Moodle, based on various conditions.
📺Webinar (instructions by video)
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