Under normal circumstances, clicking the Engageli Classroom link from within an LMS course will take the user to the Engageli classroom's Live Class lobby. This article outlines a workaround that can be used to modify the link to take the user to the Playback Room lobby, instead. We'll cover how this is done in Canvas, but this should theoretically work in any other LMS.
Note that we're specifically labeling this approach a "workaround" because it's not something we normally recommend. Ideally, if directing users to a classroom's Playback Room lobby is a common use case, then you should simply add a new tool link to your LMS platform with the Playback Room URL configured as the target URL, as documented in the integration configuration reference page.
The below steps will walk you through implementing the workaround.
- From within your Canvas course, go to the area where you need to add the Playback Room link. In our example, we'll be adding the link to the Modules area of our course, as shown below:
- Click the "+" button under an existing Module to add a resource, as shown below:
- A pop-up window will appear. From the dropdown at the top of the window, select "External Tool". We've provided an image below for reference:
- From the list of tools, select the link you would usually select for Engageli classroom access. This will typically be named "Engageli Classroom" or similar, as shown below:
- Upon selecting the tool, the "URL" field will automatically be populated with a link to the Engageli classroom. If you instead get a deep-link selector window, select the "Engageli Browser-Based Classroom Access" option. Now, scroll to the end of the URL value and ensure it ends in "lti/class/login". If it does, then add "?playback=y" to the end of it. This additional value will cause students who click the link to be taken to the Playback Room lobby. Below is a screenshot of what the value should end up looking like:
- Just beneath the URL field, there is a "Page Name" field. Update this value accordingly to communicate to users that this link will take them to the Playback Room, as shown below:
- Click the "Add Item" button to add the link. Be sure to publish the link, so that all users can see it. The final result is shown below:
Below is a sample screenshot of what students will see when clicking the Playback Room link that you've just created: