Adding an Embed
Overview
AppsAnywhere has the ability to link an Embed to an LMS in order to deliver AppsAnywhere applications to end users through the LMS. Once you link AppsAnywhere to an LMS your course admins will be able to link a course to an App List and allow students access to the applications in the App List.
Creating an Embed
Log into AppsAnywhere as an admin user
Click on Return to Admin to access the AppsAnywhere admin portal
On the navigation menu on the left of the page, select Connectors and then Embeds
Click on the + Add embed button
Enter the details of your Embed:
Form Field Name | Explanation | Expected Value | Example |
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Name | The name to be displayed in both AppsAnywhere and the LMS. | You can call the application anything you want, this will be displayed in the LMS. | AppsAnywhere Apps |
Embed type | The LMS you are connecting to AppsAnywhere Custom Embeds can be used for more bespoke systems. | The same LMS as the one you are intending to connect with. | Canvas |
Select connection to authorize against | The LDAP connection or SAML SSO method the users of the application will be authorized with. For Blackboard, the usernames will have to match the LDAP directory records.
| The connection which includes users intended to use the application. | Campus Directory |
Save the application
Once you have entered all of the relevant details of the application, hit the button.
You will then be sent back to the Viewing Embeds page, where you should see your new application and the following message: