Manual Registration

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Configuring Nectir AI

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Create the Tool

1. Within D2L, go to Admin Tools > Manage Extensibility
2. Go to LTI Advantage tab
3. Select Register Tool
4. Choose Standard registration
5. Input the following information:
   • Name: Nectir AI - Tool
   • Description: Nectir AI is a platform that enables educators to create custom AI Assistants to provide personalized support and feedback to students, right within the LMS.
   • Domain: https://ai.nectir.io
   • Redirect URLs: https://ai.nectir.io/api/lti13/validate
   • OpenID Connect Login URL: https://ai.nectir.io/api/lti13/login
   • Target Link URI: https://ai.nectir.io/api/lti13/validate
   • Keyset URL: https://ai.nectir.io/api/lti13/keys
   • Extensions:
     • Assignment and Grade Services: True
     • Deep Linking: True
     • Names and Role Provisioning Services: True
   • Roles:
     • Send Institution role: True
   • Custom Parameters:
     • Name: workspaceId | Value: YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID
       You can find your ID by going to Nectir AI > settings > Copy and paste the ID field
6. Click Register
7. After you register your Tool, make sure it’s Enabled

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Create the Deployment

1. Now go to Admin Tools > External Learning Tools
2. On the LTI Advantage tab, select New Deployment
3. Input the following information:
   • Enabled: True
   • Auto Migrate Links: True
   • Tool: Nectir AI - Tool
   • Name: Nectir AI - Deployment
   • Description: Nectir AI is a platform that enables educators to create custom AI Assistants to provide personalized support and feedback to students, right within the LMS.
   • Extensions:
     • Assignment and Grade Services: True
     • Deep Linking: True
     • Names and Role Provisioning Services: True
   • Security Settings:
     • Org Unit Information: True
     • User Information: True
     • Classlist including users not known to this Deployment: True
   • Configuration Settings:
     • Open as External Resource: (If you want Nectir AI to open within D2L Brightspace as an iframe, leave unchecked. Otherwise, if you want to open it in a new tab, click the checkbox)
   • For the “Org Units” section, choose the org unit that encompasses all the courses you want to provision access to, based on your D2L org hierarchy. If you want to include your entire org, make sure you include all descendants.
4. Click Create Deployment

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Create the Link

1. After you create your Deployment, click the newly created Deployment, and scroll down to the bottom and select View Links
2. Select New Link
3. Input the following information:

• Name: Nectir AI - Link
• URL: https://ai.nectir.io/api/lti13/validate
• Description: Nectir AI is a platform that enables educators to create custom AI Assistants to provide personalized support and feedback to students, right within the LMS.
• Type: Basic Launch

1. Click Save and Close
2. After you save your Link, navigate to a course to test it. Once you’re in the course, click the Content tab and select Existing Activities > External Learning Tools. Choose the Nectir AI Link, and test the integration. If you don’t see the Nectir AI Link, visit Troubleshooting. You should receive:

{"error":"LTI 1.3 Error - getPlatform: unregistered or invalid LTI platform"}

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Linking to a Specific Assistant (Optional)

1. In D2L, go to the course you want to add the Link to
2. Navigate to Course Admin > External Learning Tools > LTI Advantage and click New Link
3. Input the following information:
   • Deployment: Nectir AI - Course Link
   • Name: Nectir AI
   • URL: https://ai.nectir.io/api/lti13/validate
   • Description: Nectir AI is a platform that enables educators to create custom AI Assistants to provide personalized support and feedback to students, right within the LMS.
   • Custom Parameters:
     • Name: assistantId | Value: YOUR_ASSISTANT_ID
       You can find your ID by going to Nectir AI > settings > Copy and paste the ID field

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Adding Nectir AI to a Course

1. Navigate to your course in D2L Brightspace
2. Click the Content tab
3. Select the module where you want to add Nectir AI
4. Click the Existing Activities dropdown and select External Learning Tools
5. Select the Nectir AI Link
6. The Tool is now available in your course

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Troubleshooting

• If your Link isn’t appearing as an option when you click Existing Activities > External Learning Tools, go to your Deployment and make sure the course you are using to test is within the selected Org Units.
• If your students don’t sync from your roster to Nectir AI, go to your Deployment by clicking Admin Tools > External Learning Tools, and click the Nectir AI Deployment. Once you’re there, scroll down to Security Settings and ensure that you select Org Unit Information, User Information, and Classlist including users not known to this Deployment.
• Reload the page
• Verify that you entered all URLs and parameters correctly
• Ensure you enable Nectir AI at the Tool level
• Contact your Nectir AI representative for further help at support@nectir.io