MathMatize Blackboard Instructor Setup Guide
Instructor guide for using MathMatize with Blackboard
Blackboard/MathMatize Instructor Setup Instructions
This guide assumes that an administrator at your school has already enabled the MathMatize tool in Blackboard. For help with this process, please contact us at questions@mathmatize.com.
Add MathMatize to a Blackboard classroom
Blackboard Learn Ultra
- Go the "Content" area.
- Click the purple plus sign (+) to add content.
- Select "Content Market".
- Find "MathMatize" in the list of available tools and click the plus sign (+) to add it to your course.
Blackboard Learn Original
- Navigate to the "Content" area of your course.
- Select "Build Content".
- Look for "MathMatize" in the list of tools. If you don't see it, it might be under "Web Link" where you select the tool provider.
- Give the link a name (e.g., "MathMatize").
- Submit.
Conclusion
Once added, clicking the MathMatize link will open a new tab running MathMatize and an account will automatically be set up for instructors and students. Continue reading the following pages for more details.
If you are not able to find MathMatize in the Content Market or "Build Content" menu, your Blackboard administrator might not have enabled it.
Connect Blackboard and MathMatize classrooms
- At this point you can click the MathMatize link you added to the Course Content. This will open MathMatize in a new browser tab.
- If this is the first time you’ve connected to MathMatize from Blackboard, you’ll be prompted to either link your Blackboard account to an existing MathMatize account, or simply create a new account.
- Once your account has been linked you’ll be prompted to either create a new MathMatize classroom or link the current Blackboard classroom to an existing MathMatize classroom if you have any.
- Once you’ve linked a classroom you’ll be taken to the Instructor view of the classroom.
- Congratulations! Your Blackboard classroom is now connected to MathMatize. Your students and Co-instructors will now be able to link directly to the classroom.
FAQ
I don’t see the MathMatize tool as an option in "Build Content".
Generally an administrator at your school needs to make the tool available. If you'd like mathmatize to be available contact us at questions@mathmatize.com and we'll help with the administrative setup process.
I connected the wrong MathMatize classroom, what do I do?
Visit the MathMatize classroom you connected to and click the Disconnect button in the classroom settings under "LTI Integration". You can then connect the correct classroom.
How do students join my classroom?
They click the link you added in your Blackboard course content. We have a guide for students here.
How do co-instructors join your MathMatize classroom?
They click the link in the LMS classroom. We have guide here for adding co-instructors here.
How do grades and assignments sync back to the LMS?
When you “sync grades” in MathMatize for a given task, an assignment and column will be added to your LMS classroom with the same name you’ve given the assignment in MathMatize. We will only add an assignment if one hasn’t already been created. Any grades will show up in the Blackboard grade book. Grades should only be synced once the MathMatize task is complete. We have a guide for syncing grades here.
I’m having trouble syncing grades.
Make sure the task is complete in MathMatize before syncing grades. If you’re still having trouble, contact questions@mathmatize.com.
Do I need to create an assignment link in the LMS classroom for each assignment in MathMatize?
No, you do not need to create a link in the LMS for each MathMatize task, only a single link to the MathMatize classroom is needed. When you sync grades in mathmatize, a column will automatically be created in your Blackboard Grade Center.
I’m running into issues… what do I do?
Please contact questions@mathmatize.com, we’re happy to help troubleshoot.