Integrate Merlyn with Canvas

Matt Woodward
Matt Woodward
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IT Admins:

Please contact us at support@merlyn.org first to obtain your Organization ID. 

1. Once you have the Organization ID from Merlyn Support, head over to your Canvas site, and click Admin from the menu on the left and choose your school account from there.

 Canvas-Account

2. From the Admin menu, click on Developer Keys, and click + Developer Key and then API Key on the right-hand side of that page.

Dev and API key.png

3. In the Key Settings window, enter the following information and click Save in the lower right-hand corner:

Name

Merlyn Mind

Owner Email IT Admin district email address
Redirect URIs https://rest-api.merlyn.org/oauth-integrations/canvas--orgId/callback  **
Redirect URI (Legacy) Leave blank

Vendor Code (LTI 2)

Leave blank

Icon URL

Leave blank

Notes

Leave blank

Enforce Scopes

Leave slider in Off position. 

** Please replace orgID with the Organization ID you received from Merlyn Support for the Redirect URI. **

4. Click on the State slider to the right of the new Key that was just created to activate it:

DevKey Example.png

5. Copy both the Client ID and the alphanumeric code from Show Key in the Details column and send those along with your Canvas URL (ie. merlynsupport.instructure.com) to support@merlyn.org.

Please allow our team 1-2 business days to complete the integration once we receive the required information. We will be in touch as soon as your integration is live! 

 

Educators:

1. Go to Merlyn's Teacher Toolkit at portal.merlyn.org and click on Integrations from the buttons on the bottom half of the page.

2. Click on Link to the right of Canvas: 

Link Canvas.png

3. A new Canvas window should open. Click on Authorize and you'll receive a confirmation screen. 

Authorize Canvas.png

4. On the Toolkit Integration page, you should see Unlink Canvas to confirm that's been successfully linked!

Unlink Canvas.png

5. Use Voice Commands to access Canvas and share content!

Open Class Page

"Go to our algebra class page" 

"Open class page"

Open Assignments

"Show assignments for my algebra class"

"Show assignments"

Open Class Calendar 

"Show our algebra class calendar"

"Show calendar"

Share With Class

"Share this with my algebra class"

"Share"

Open Files (Canvas Only)

"Open my algebra worksheet pdf in Canvas"

"Open my amphibious wonders lesson deck in Canvas"

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