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There are three recommended ways to use Kialo with Schoology:

1. Use LTI

LTI is the best way to use Kialo with Schoology, but a Schoology admin has to set it up. Students will be automatically signed in and have the same name in Kialo as in Schoology. The grades you give in Kialo will be synced back to Schoology, and students will automatically have the Writer role in your Kialo discussions. This improves security as you don’t need to use sharing links.

2. Link to an Instant Access Kialo discussion

This makes it very easy to have a quick discussion with your students.

3. Link to a standard Kialo discussion

This offers improved security over using an Instant Access discussion; however, you must enter students’ email addresses once, and they will have to log in or register themselves.

1. Use LTI

Teachers: Using Kialo on Schoology

Setting Up Kialo in Your Course

After Kialo has been added as an app to your Schoology instance by an admin, you should enable it as an External Tool. This only needs to be done once per course:

1. In your course, open Course Options.
2. Select External Tool Providers.
3. Select Kialo.
4. Click Submit.

Adding Kialo to your Course

After enabling Kialo as an External Tool, to add a Kialo discussion to your course:

1. Click Add Materials, select Kialo and click Continue.
2. Select a Kialo discussion or create a New one.
3. Click the settings icon next to the new material you added and select Edit.
4. For Tool Provider, select Kialo.
5. Finally, click Save.

Done! When students click the link, they will automatically have the correct permissions to participate in the discussion.

Admins: Setting up Kialo on Schoology

To add Kialo as an app on your Schoology instance:

1. Open the Apps Publisher page and click +Add App.
   
2. Enter the following:
   
   Name: Kialo
   Description: any
   Category: any
   Availability: as appropriate for your instance
   
   Configuration Type: Manual
   Privacy: Send Name and Email/Username…
   
   In the LTI Advantage Extensions section, enable Assignment and Grade Services.
   
   JWKS URL: https://www.kialo-edu.com/lti/jwks.json
   Domain/URL: https://www.kialo-edu.com
   OIDC Login Init URL: https://www.kialo-edu.com/lti/start
   Redirect URLs: https://www.kialo-edu.com/lti/launch
   
3. Check the Terms of Use, then click Submit.
   
4. Finally, click Install LTI 1.3 App and agree to any popup requests.

Done! Kialo Edu should now appear in the Apps list and educators can enable and add it to their courses.

2. Link to an Instant Access Kialo discussion

Use this if you do not want your students to create Kialo accounts. 

1. In Kialo, enter your discussion and click the Share button.
2. Enable Instant Access (don’t require Kialo accounts). 
3. Copy the link and use it in your course.
   
   
   
   

3. Link to a standard Kialo discussion

Use this if you can’t use LTI but want to ensure students can’t share the discussion outside of the classroom.

1. In Kialo, enter your discussion, click the Share button, and then click Invite Users.
2. Enter or select the email addresses of the students you want in the discussion.
3. Click Next, then Invite.
4. Copy the link to the discussion and use it in your course. Students who do not have an account with the email address you used will have to log in or register for Kialo.