Integrating Padlet into your Course

When to Use?

This article will show you how to integrate Padlet into a Blackboard Ultra course (using LTI 1.3). 

Before beginning, it is helpful to be signed in to Padlet with your Padlet unique sign in.

If you are a student looking to post on a Padlet board, please refer to our Padlet for Students Knowledge Base article.

Procedure

Using Padlet as an Ungraded Item in your Course

1. Click on the ‘Add Content’ button and select ‘Content Market’.
   
2. Click on the ‘Padlet’ LTI link.
   
    
3. Choose the Padlet board that you would like to add or create a board with the "Make a Padlet" button.
   If you want each student to work on their own Padlet, select the ‘Create a copy for each user’ option. This is the same as the ‘Remade’ feature from Bb Classic.
   If you do not want to grade your Padlet, toggle the "Create a gradebook entry" off.
   
    
4. Your Padlet will display in class, you can change the name by clicking the ‘Settings’ dots and selecting ‘Edit’.
   

Using Padlet as a Graded Assignment

1. Follow the steps above to add a Padlet board to your Blackboard site. Be sure to leave the "Create a gradebook entry" option on.
2. You can grade posts on your board by navigating to the board from your GVSU Padlet page, another method such as Blackboard, or email.
3. Find the Padlet Gradebook in the settings.
   
    
4. Toggle on the "Sync grades to LMS" setting, which will give you access to the submit button.
   You can adjust the max score of the board here, as well as in the Blackboard settings.
   
    
5. Grade the posts in the "Grades" section below the Gradebook options.
   
    
6. Once you have finished grading, click the "Submit" button to send the grades to Blackboard.