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How to set up an integration with D2L/Brightspace LMS

Learn how to set up the Mentimeter integration in D2L/Brightspace LMS

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Who is this guide for?

This guide is for D2L/Brightspace LMS administrators and Mentimeter Admins who want to connect Mentimeter to their institution’s Canvas environment.

Note: In order for your instructors to sync grades, you will need to also enable "Show Participant Names", by toggling it on under Workspace Settings > Permissions

The D2L/Brightspace integration is available for Mentimeter Enterprise subscriptions.

This guide explains how to integrate Mentimeter with D2L/Brightspace using LTI Advantage (LTI 1.3). The setup requires configuration in both Mentimeter and Brightspace by an administrator.

Once completed, teachers can add Mentimeter presentations directly into their courses and sync grades to the Brightspace gradebook.

Overview of the setup process

  1. Generate the LTI registration URL in Mentimeter

  2. Register the tool in Brightspace (LTI Advantage)

  3. Enable required services

  4. Create a deployment

  5. Create a Deep Linking Quick Link

  6. Teachers add Mentimeter to their course content

Part 1: Generate the LTI Registration URL in Mentimeter

  1. Log in to Mentimeter as a workspace admin

  2. Go to Workspace Settings

  3. Open the LTI Integration section

  4. Generate a new LTI registration URL

  5. Copy the generated URL

This is the only information you need from Mentimeter to complete the setup in Brightspace.

Part 2: Register Mentimeter in Brightspace (Admin)

Step 1: Register the tool (LTI Advantage)

  1. Log in to Brightspace as an administrator

  2. Go to Admin Tools → Manage Extensibility

  3. Select the LTI Advantage tab

  4. Click Register Tool

  5. Choose Dynamic Registration

  6. Paste the registration URL copied from Mentimeter

  7. Click Register

Once registration is complete, the tool will appear in the list (initially disabled).

Step 2: Enable the tool

  1. Back in the LTI Advantage tab, locate the newly registered Mentimeter tool under Disabled

  2. Click on it

  3. Toggle Enable

Important settings

Make sure the following are enabled:

  • Assignment and Grade Services
    This is required to sync grades back to the Brightspace gradebook.

  • Institution Role Provisioning
    This allows Mentimeter to determine user access based on their role (teacher/student).

  • Save changes

At this point, the tool is registered in Brightspace but not yet deployed to courses.

Part 3: Create a deployment

Creating a deployment makes the tool active and available in specific parts of the organization (e.g., course, department, or institution-wide).

Step 1: Create a new deployment

  1. Go to Admin Tools → Manage Extensibility → LTI Advantage

  2. Open the Deployments tab

  3. Click New Deployment

  4. Select the Mentimeter tool you just created

  5. Give the deployment a name (e.g., Mentimeter Course)

Step 2: Configure deployment settings

Required settings

  • Assignment and Grade Services

  • Auto-create grade items

User data sharing

You can choose what information is accessile:

  • Name

  • Email

  • LMS-defined ID only

Note: If you choose to share only the LMS-defined ID:

  • Mentimeter does not receive student names or emails

  • Mentimeter only stores the anonymized ID

  • Grades are returned to Brightspace using this ID

  • Brightspace maps grades back to the correct student

This supports privacy-conscious implementations.

Step 3: Make the tool available

Choose where the deployment should be available:

  • Entire organization

  • Specific department

  • Individual course

Select the appropriate course(s), then click Create Deployment.

Part 4: Create a deep linking quick link

To allow teachers to insert Mentimeter into course content, you must create a Deep Linking Quick Link.

  1. In Manage Extensibility, locate the Mentimeter deployment

  2. Create a New Link

  3. Name it (e.g., Mentimeter Link)

  4. Add the URL: https://www.mentimeter.com/lti/deep-link

  5. Choose the type: Deep Linking Quick Link

  6. Configure button size if needed

  7. Save and close

The administrator setup is now complete.

Part 5: The teacher experience

Once setup is complete, teachers can add Mentimeter to their course.

Step 1: Add Mentimeter to course content

  1. Enter the course

  2. Go to Content

  3. Create or open a module

  4. Click Add Existing Activity

  5. Select Mentimeter Link

Step 2: First-time account connection

The first time a teacher uses Mentimeter in Brightspace, they will be prompted to connect their Mentimeter account to their LMS account. This only needs to be done once.

Step 3: Add a presentation

After connecting:

  1. The teacher will see their Mentimeter presentations.

  2. Select the desired presentation.

  3. Add it to the course.

The presentation will now appear inside the course module.

If grading is enabled:

  • A grade item is automatically created.

  • Student results are synced back to the Brightspace gradebook.

Troubleshooting tips

If grading is not working:

  • Confirm Assignment and Grade Services is enabled in:

    • Tool registration

    • Deployment settings

  • Ensure Auto-create grade items is checked.

  • Verify the deployment is available to the correct course.

If teachers cannot see Mentimeter in “Add Existing Activity”:

  • Confirm the Deep Linking Quick Link was created.

  • Ensure the deployment is available for that course.

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