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SIMnet Canvas Migration Guide - LTIA (standalone) to LTIA 1.3

Learn how to migrate SIMnet from standalone LTI Advantage to LTI Advantage 1.3 in Canvas.

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SIMnet Canvas Migration tool guide: SIMnet LTIA (standalone) to McGraw Hill Integration (LTIA 1.3)

SIMnet Canvas Migration overview

Our SIMnet Canvas Migration Tool streamlines the transition of SIMnet's LTIA assignment links to McGraw Hill Integration (MHI). Designed for efficiency and reliability, the tool ensures seamless migration with minimal disruption to instructors and students. By upgrading to MHI, users gain enhanced security, improved integration capabilities, and access to the latest features that foster a more intuitive and connected learning experience.

Part 1: Migration setup

Ensure all tools are installed and enabled

  • The McGraw Hill Integration (MHI) LTIA 1.3 tool must be installed and enabled for your organization.
  • The appropriate migration tool must be enabled for your organization.
  • If your course uses both SIMnet and Connect, multi-platform pairing support must also be enabled.

A member of the Platform Integrations (PIC) team will be able to assist with this.

Check your email address

  • The email address being used in SIMnet needs to match the email address being used in your Canvas profile.

Check your assignment links

  • Your course needs to be in a paired state via the SIMnet LTIA tool with assignments linked for the migration to be successful.

You will not see the migration interface when launching the MHI tool if there are no 1.3 assignment links in the LMS course.

Check for Student Activity

  • If at least one student has a grade in the class, then the migration tool will still initiate if the section is paired. We do not want to migrate courses that are ‘active.ʼ However, we have steps below in cases where this is unavoidable.

Note this is different than Connect functionality which automatically blocks the migration if there is student activity detected.

Part 2: The Migration Process

  1. Within your Canvas course, navigate to the modules area. (You will already have the “McGraw Hill SIMnet LTIA” Tool.)
    • Add a module if needed or use the 3 dots to the right of any module to select the “McGraw Hill Integration” Tool.

  1. Customers with access to more than one platform (e.g. Connect & SIMnet) may see an additional screen. In this screen, choose SIMnet.

  1. If your course is ready for migration, you will see this window. Click Cancel to exit or Migrate Now.

5. Be sure to keep the migration window open until the process is complete.

The migration of a large number of assignments (over 100) will take a few minutes. Please be patient during the third step!

  1. When the process is complete, you will receive confirmation and be directed to the SIMnet Integration page.

  1. Proceed with your normal integration activities.

Part 3: After Migration

Important note about post-migration

Once your LMS course has successfully migrated from SIMnet LTIA to McGraw Hill Integration, we recommend that you or your LMS admin disable the “McGraw Hill SIMnet standalone LTIA” tool in your LMS.

You can do this by navigating to your course settings, selecting the Navigation tab, locating the SIMnet LTIA tool, disabling it, and then clicking Save.

You should also replace the “McGraw Hill SIMnet LTIA” course navigation link with the new “McGraw Hill Integration” link.

Migrating an LTI 1.1 course that is active

Migration during an active course is not recommended. It can create confusion for instructors and students.

Follow the steps above and then check the following items.

Assignments

  • Duplicate assignments may appear in some cases. Delete the old assignments (i.e. the assignments with broken links).
  • For students, assignment links will appear broken. Students must launch SIMnet to pair their Canvas and SIMnet accounts.

Grades

Upon migration, grades will disappear from the gradebook. These grades are not lost. Student must login to Canvas and launch an assignment in order for grades to appear.

Modules

  • Instructors can rename the module
  • Modules behave like typical Canvas modules--Instructors must publish modules in order for students to see them.
    • Default to Unpublished
    • Assignment inside are unpublished.

McGraw Hill Higher Education Digital Support

If you run into trouble with your migration or if you need any additional support, agents are standing by to assist.

Phone: 800.331.5094

Chat: https://mh.my.site.com/CXG/s/ContactUs

Email: https://mh.my.site.com/CXG/s/ContactUs

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