Client Stories New Client Announcement: Wayside Publishing Edlink is proud to announce a new client partnership with Wayside Publishing.
Client Stories New Client Announcement: Kiddom Edlink is proud to announce a new client partnership with Kiddom.
Client Stories New Client Announcement: ETR Edlink is proud to announce a new client partnership with ETR. About ETR:ETR is a non-profit organization committed to improving health outcomes and advancing health equity for youth, families,
onboarding What to Expect When Onboarding a School's LMS to Edlink Getting a school admin to connect to a client application through Edlink is the most important part of any integration. While Edlink has made the onboarding process as hassle-free as possible, there are still quirks clients might encounter.
google classroom Updated | What EdTech Needs to Know about the 2021 Google Classroom Changes Google released one of their largest updates ever to Google Classroom. Here's what you should know if you work in EdTech.
Client Stories New Client Announcement: TimeMaps Edlink is proud to announce a new client partnership with TimeMaps. About TimeMaps: The TimeMap of World History is a comprehensive atlas and encyclopedia of world history. It contains over
lti What are the Possible Future Services for LTI Advantage? LTI 1.3 and LTI Advantage are the newest additions to the LTI specification. The LTI 1.3 specification is based on the LTI 1.1 specification framework and LTI Advantage is a set of optional services added to it.
Data Integration 4 Reasons Why Your Edtech Company Needs an Integration Partner At Edlink we’ve integrated over 60 edtech companies, onboarded 25+ million users, and serve more than 2200 educational institutions – and growing! Here are some points to consider for edtech companies to find an integration partner (like Edlink).
lti What is "LTI Integration"? Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is a data specification created by 1EdTech Consortium (formerly, IMS Global Learning Consortium; 1Edtech). Overall the specification helps learning tools (apps and other platforms) integrate with LMS providers.
sso What to Know About Single Sign-On for Education SSO is the first step into building deeper integrations with school data systems. But SSO isn’t easy or universal to implement. Take these 5 tips to help guide you on your journey.
Data Integration Rostering Students and Teachers in Your App: What Are Your Options? Edtech products often need to know the identity of the users (like students and teachers) so they can provision accounts and allow logins. Retrieving data from one data provider to provision accounts in a different product is called rostering.
lti The Challenges of Using the LTI Specification for K12 and Higher Ed LMS Integrations The LTI specification by 1EdTech is a popular method for integrating third-party tools into a learning institution’s LMS. Choosing that route has some complex issues to take into consideration before building an LTI-compliant app.
api 5 Challenges of Using APIs for LMS Integrations Building an integration through an LMS’s API can provide serious advantages and make edtech products much more interoperable. However, API integrations have some downsides.
edlink What You Gain with Edlink as Your Integration Partner Edtech companies nowadays need to integrate with several education data providers, have robust integration features, and have powerful management tools. At Edlink, we got it all.
api What are API Integrations for LMSs One integration method to connect to a school’s LMS is by using the LMS’s API. If you don't know what API integration means or if you don't know what an API is, then this article is for you!
lms LMS Integration in 2021 for K12 and Higher Education: What You Need to Know We have updated this whitepaper since 2021 is long gone. Our newest version of this whitepaper is here - bit.ly/3EjA7Gd
google classroom Google Workspace vs G-Suite for: What’s the Difference? Google rebranded its educational offerings from G-Suite for Education to Google Workspace for Education. But there’s more than just a name change. Learn what's new for Google Workspace and Google Classroom.
lms Google Classroom vs. Microsoft Teams: A Side-by-Side Integration Comparison Both Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams are widely popular LMSs. Use this guide to compare each LMS and navigate upcoming development roadblocks.
brightspace Challenges of Integrating with Brightspace Brightspace by D2L offers self-hosted and cloud-based solutions for K12 and higher ed. Brightspace supports integrations through its APIs and the LTI standard (including LTI 1.3 and LTI Advantage). But there are still challenges edtech developers will face when integrating.
blackboard Challenges of Integrating with Blackboard Blackboard Learn is one of the most widely used learning management systems in higher education and in K12. Blackboard can be hosted in onsite servers or deployed as a SaaS solution.
lms 5 Do-It-Yourself Tips for Building a Successful LMS Integration for EdTech Developers Building new LMS integrations can be tricky. Here are five tips to keep in mind to help you create successful integrations.
moodle The Challenges of Integrating With Moodle Many edtech companies integrate with Moodle because of RFP requests. As a popular LMS in education, developers should be aware of the following Moodle integration quirks before starting their builds.
FAQ What's a Unified API? Learn how Edlink's Unified API helps integrate edtech platforms into all of the major educational data systems.
microsoft teams The Challenges of Integrating With Microsoft Teams for Education Because of its rapid growth, schools are looking for edtech products that can integrate with a school’s Microsoft Teams environment. Integrating these products with Microsoft Teams does have its challenges.
canvas The Challenges of Integrating With Canvas Canvas is a self-hosted and open-source platform. Canvas supports integration through its APIs and through the LTI standard (including the LTI 1.3 and LTI Advantage specifications). Here are some Canvas integration quirks and how integrating can be surprisingly challenging.