Integrate Microsoft Reflect LTI with D2L Brightspace

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01/03/2024

Microsoft Reflect is a wellbeing app designed to foster connection, expression, and learning by promoting self-awareness, empathy, and emotional growth.

Reflect LTI integration with D2L Brightspace is designed in compliance with the latest Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards, ensuring strong security and straightforward installation within your D2L Brightspace environment.

Integrate Reflect into D2L Brightspace to create impactful check-ins, gain wellbeing insights, and build a happier, healthier learning community.

Note

This guide provides IT admins steps for registering the Reflect LTI app for Brightspace by D2L.

The person who performs this integration should be an administrator of Brightspace and Microsoft 365 tenant.

One-time setup by administrator

Important

To access the Reflect LTI app in your D2L Brightspace environment, you should complete all three steps detailed in this section: register Microsoft Reflect LTI for use in your D2L Brightspace, then deploy it, and finally add a link to it in your course navigation.

1. Register Microsoft Reflect LTI for use in your D2L Brightspace

Sign in with a Microsoft 365 administrator account to the Microsoft LTI Registration Portal.
Select Add new registration.
Select Microsoft Reflect and then select Next.
Enter a friendly Registration name like Reflect for D2L Brightspace and select D2L Brightspace as the LMS platform. Select Next.
You're given a list of keys that need to be added to your Brightspace LMS site.
Open your D2L Brightspace environment in another tab. Don't close the Microsoft LTI portal tab.
On D2L Brightspace, navigate to Admin Tools > Manage Extensibility and select LTI Advantage then Register Tool.

Select Standard registration and enter the values listed in the table:

Field on Brightspace form	Value
Name	Microsoft Reflect
Domain	https://reflect.microsoft.com
Redirect URLs	Copy the Redirect URL value from Microsoft LTI keys.
OpenID Connect Login URL	Copy the Open ID connection URL value from Microsoft LTI keys.
Target Link URI	https://reflect.microsoft.com/app

Select the Register button.
A modal with Brightspace registration details appears. Add these values on the Microsoft LTI portal.

On the Microsoft LTI portal tab, select Next to navigate to LMS provided registration keys. Enter the values listed in the table:

Field on Microsoft LTI registration portal	Value
Issuer ID URL	Copy the Issuer value from Brightspace Registration Details.
Client ID	Copy the Client Id value from Brightspace Registration Details.
Keyset URL	Copy the Brightspace Keyset URL value from Brightspace Registration Details.
Platform authentication URL	Copy the OpenID Connect Authentication Endpoint value from Brightspace Registration Details.

Select Done in Brightspace Registration Details tab, and Next in the Microsoft LTI registration portal tab.
In the Microsoft LTI registration portal tab, review the Review and save page. If there are no errors, select Save and exit. You should see a message indicating successful registration.

2. Deploy Microsoft Reflect LTI to your D2L Brightspace

On D2L Brightspace, navigate to Admin Tools > External Learning Tools.
Select New Deployment.
Select Microsoft Reflect as the Tool, and enter Microsoft Reflect as the Name as well.
Select all security settings except Anonymous and Classlist (including Org Unit information, User Information, Link Information).
Don't set configuration settings.
Select Add Org Units, and then the root org or all units to deploy Microsoft Reflect for them.
Select Create Deployment and confirm the deployment.
Select Microsoft Reflect deployment, scroll down to Deployment Id, and copy its value.
Open the Microsoft LTI Registration Portal.
Select edit in the actions column of your Reflect for D2L Brightspace registration.
Select Connect LTI credentials, and then LMS provided registration keys.
Scroll down to Deployment ID and paste the value you copied from the Brightspace Deployment Details.
Select Next, review the Review and save page, and then select Save and exit to complete the update.

3. Add a link to Microsoft Reflect in your D2L Brightspace courses

On D2L Brightspace, navigate to Admin Tools > External Learning Tools.
Select Microsoft Reflect.
Scroll down to select View Links.
Select New Link.
Enter Microsoft Reflect as the Name.
For the URL, access the Microsoft LTI Registration Portal and copy the Redirect URL from your Reflect for D2L Brightspace registration.
Select Save and Close to create the link.
Navigate to Admin Tools > Navigation & Themes.
Select Standard Course Navigation, and then Add Links.
Select Create Custom Link.
Enter Microsoft Reflect as the Name.
For the URL, select Insert Quicklink, and then Microsoft Reflect.
Select Same window for Behavior.
Select Create.
Ensure that the Microsoft Reflect checkbox is selected, and then select Add.
Drag the Microsoft Reflect link to your preferred location in the course navigation.
Select Save and Close.

Reflect is now installed and ready to use in any course in your D2L Brightspace environment.

Ongoing use by course owners and members

After the initial setup, course owners and members will find a link to Reflect in every course navigation.
On their first access, they need to sign in using their Microsoft account to get started.
Course owners can create and share check-ins.
Once check-ins are created, course members can access and respond to them in their Reflect tab.

Tip

Explore the Educator Toolkit for resources that can help educators bring the magic of Reflect to students and share it with peers.

Recommended browser settings

Cookies should be allowed for Microsoft Reflect.
Popups shouldn't be blocked for Microsoft Reflect.

Note

Cookies aren't allowed by default in the Chrome browser incognito mode and will need to be allowed.

Microsoft Reflect LTI works in the private mode in Microsoft Edge browser. Ensure that you haven't blocked cookies, which are allowed by default.