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[Brightspace] How Your IT Team Can Set Up The Brightspace Integration On Your School Plan

A step-by-step guide for IT teams to set up the Brightspace integration on your school’s CoGrader plan

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Written by Gabriel Chi
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You must be a Brightspace Administrator to complete the integration process. To verify, look for the "Manage Extensibility" option in your Brightspace settings menu.

Step 1: Add Edlink as a REST API Connection

To connect Edlink to Brightspace, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your Brightspace admin account.

  2. Open the settings menu and select Manage Extensibility.

  3. Go to OAuth 2.0 and click Register an App.

Fill Out the Form:

You can copy these details directly from the integration link to your clipboard.

  • Application Name: Edlink

  • Redirect URI: https://ed.link/api/authentication/brightspace

  • Scope: orgunits:course:read orgunits:coursetemplate:read organizations:organization:read content:completions:read,write content:modules:read content:toc:read content:topics:read,write core:*:* enrollment:orgunit:read grades:*:* role:detail:* users:userdata:read dropbox:access:read dropbox:folders:* managefiles:files:read managefiles:folders:read

  • Access Token Lifetime: 3600

  • Prompt for User Consent: Uncheck this box.

  • Enable Refresh Tokens: Check this box.

  • Non-commercial Developer: Check this box.

Click Register when finished.

Brightspace Application Registration

Step 2: Complete the Integration

The link will direct you to create an Edlink account.

If you've connected an app to Edlink before, please log in with that account.

Brightspace Integration Page

Well Done!

You're now finished. Your organization's data will appear in the dashboard within 24 hours.

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