{"id":4777,"date":"2024-01-18T01:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T01:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/?post_type=docs&p=4777"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:44:26","password":"","slug":"canvas","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Kialo with Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canvas Groups now work with Kialo via LTI. If your Canvas instance was configured to use Kialo via LTI before December 2024, your Admin should update your Canvas settings. See the Setting up Kialo on Canvas<\/a><\/strong> section for details.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>

There are three recommended ways to use Kialo with Canvas:<\/p>

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1. Use LTI<\/a><\/strong>
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LTI is the best way to integrate Kialo with Canvas, but a Canvas admin must set it up. Students will be automatically signed in and have the same name in Kialo as in Canvas. Grades you assign in Kialo will be synced back to Canvas, and students will automatically be assigned the Writer role in your Kialo discussions. This improves security as you don’t need to use sharing links. Your Canvas groups can be synced and used on Kialo.<\/p>


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2. Link to an Instant Access Kialo discussion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

This makes it very easy to have a quick discussion with your students.<\/p>


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3. Link to a standard Kialo discussion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

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.<\/p>


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1. Use LTI<\/h2>

Teachers: Using Kialo on Canvas<\/h3>

Once Kialo has been added as an app to Canvas by an admin (see below<\/a>), add it to your course:
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  1. In your course, open the Assignments<\/strong> section, then click + Assignment<\/strong>.
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  2. Enter a name for the assignment and adjust the grading settings if applicable.
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  3. For Submission Type<\/strong>, select External Tool<\/strong>. Next, click the Find<\/strong> button and select Kialo Edu<\/strong>.
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  4. Select a Kialo discussion<\/strong> or create a New<\/strong> one.
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  5. Choose your Small Group Mode<\/strong> setting, then click Save<\/strong>.
    a. To use your     Canvas Groups<\/a>, select Use LMS Groups<\/strong> and pick the appropriate Group Set<\/a>.
    b. If you want all<\/strong> of your students to work in the same<\/strong> discussion, select No Groups<\/strong>.
    c. If you otherwise want your students to work in separate copies<\/strong> of the discussion, select the appropriate option. It’s quickest to select Automatically assign to groups<\/strong> and enter the number of groups they should be split into.
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  6. Click Select<\/strong>, then the appropriate Save<\/strong> button. <\/li>\n<\/ol>

    Done! When students click the link, they will automatically be granted the correct permissions to participate in the discussion and be assigned to their relevant group, if applicable.<\/p>

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    Kialo also supports being added to Canvas courses as an External Tool rather than an Assignment, however the Grading feature will only function correctly if Kialo is added as an Assignment. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>

    Admins: Setting up Kialo on Canvas<\/strong><\/h3>

    There are multiple methods outlined below for setting up Kialo on Canvas. If you are not using Canvas Cloud, use the Dynamic Registration<\/a> method if available; otherwise, use Manual Registration<\/a>.


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