Connecting IntelliBoard to Moodle

IntelliBoard strongly recommends that the individual installing the IntelliBoard plugin and creating the Moodle connection be the Site Administrator of the LMS. The LMS user connecting IntelliBoard to Moodle must have permissions to enable web services, modify web protocols, and create Moodle tokens.

IntelliBoard is a web-based service. If access to your LMS site is behind a firewall, you would be need to configure IP address and ports for IntelliBoard services for a successful connection.

To Create a Moodle Connection:

1. After logging on to IntelliBoard with the main subscription email, click Settings

2. From Settings, click Servers

3. From Servers, click + Add New

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To Add Moodle Site to IntelliBoard:

1. Add your LMS Name (For identification purposes only)

2. Add your URL (Must be accessible from the internet; please be careful with https:// or http://, site dependent)

3. Add your Token (Copy and paste from your Moodle; find how to create token here: Configuring Moodle Web Services)

4. Choose Protocol (Must match what is enabled in Moodle; find how to enable it here: Configuring Moodle Web Services)

5. Choose Server Category (Optional; may be created from Settings > Servers > Server Category)

6. Choose Hosting providers

7. Open Advanced Settings tab and switch on Active Connection

8. When connection is successful, click Save Connection
   Note: If everything is good, you'll see 2 green check marks near your URL and Token and your Connection Status (in the top right corner) will get green smiley.

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To Finish Connection Set Up:

1. The blue dot denotes that your Moodle site is connected to IntelliBoard

2. From Servers, click on the Moodle connection link (or the gear icon on the right-hand side) to access the connection editing page

3. Scroll to Teacher Roles and select the Moodle roles typically associated with instructors in your LMS (this will be applied to reports from User Reports > By Instructor Role category)

4. Scroll to Learner Roles and select the Moodle roles typically associated with learners in your LMS (this will be applied to reports from User Reports > By Learner Role category)

5. When roles are set, click Save

6. From Moodle, explore your data through Admin Dashboard under Site Administration > IntelliBoard > Dashboard

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