If you’re setting up GoReact for a new semester, you’ve come to the right place. Follow this quick checklist to make sure you’re ready to go. Select your platform below to get started.
Choose your platform:
Create a new course on GoReact.com
- Log into GoReact
- At the top-left hand side of the dashboard click "Courses."
- At the bottom of that drop-down menu click “Create Course”.
- Enter a course name, set the start and end dates for your course, optionally select a course to copy assignments from, then click the "Create Course" button.
Use a unique course title
Naming the course so that your students can identify the title, section, and semester can help avoid confusion when they register. The course title is the only identifier your students will see, so we recommend being as specific as possible!
Create an assignment
- If you copied assignments from a previous course, take a minute to review them. Check the due dates and other assignment settings.
- To create a new assignment, click the "Create Assignment" button at the top of the assignment list on the left.
- Enter a name for the assignment and select an assignment type.
- Choose any optional settings (Availability/Due Dates, Grading & Evaluation, Markers, etc.). Then click the "Create Assignment" button.
> More on creating an assignment
Invite your students
To invite users to your course, you have two options:
- Send or post a private group join link. To get this link, click the "Users" tab, and click the "Invite Users" button. Then, copy and paste the group join link on the left to a place that your students will see it (like a syllabus or course web page).
- Send an invitation directly via email. To send individual invitations, click the "Users" tab, and click the "Invite Users" button. Enter each user's email address here and click "Send Invitations."
GoReact in Canvas
Create your new course in Canvas (or have your Canvas administrator set up the new course).
After the course is created, you will add the GoReact app to your course (unless the app is installed on the organization level).
Create an assignment
- Create an assignment in Canvas.
- Change the "Submission Type" to "External Tool."
- Click "Find" and select the GoReact app.
- Finish the assignment setup, then choose "Save" or "Save and Publish."
- Open the assignment and choose a GoReact assignment type OR choose a previous assignment to copy.
- Select any additional GoReact settings for your assignment and click "Done."
> More on creating an assignment
Invite your students
When you create GoReact content in Canvas, you don't need to invite your students to register separately for GoReact. All they will need to do is open a GoReact assignment in Canvas and they will be able to submit their videos.
GoReact in Blackboard
Create your new course in Blackboard (or have your Blackboard administrator set up the new course).
After the course is created, you will want to make sure that the GoReact tool is installed.
Create an assignment
- From your course’s homepage click "Content" in the main navigation panel on the left.
- Click "Build Content" (on older versions of Blackboard, GoReact may be under the "Tools" drop-down).
- Select "GoReact" from the drop-down menu.
- Finish the assignment setup, then click "Submit."
- Open the assignment and choose a GoReact assignment type OR choose a previous assignment to copy.
- Select any additional GoReact settings for your assignment and click "Done."
> More on creating an assignment
Invite your students
When you create GoReact content in Blackboard, you don't need to invite your students to register separately for GoReact. All they will need to do is open an assignment in Blackboard, and they will be able to submit their videos.
GoReact in Brightspace
Create your new course in Brightspace (or have your Brightspace administrator set up the new course).
After the course is created, you will want to make sure that the GoReact tool is installed and available for your new course.
Create an assignment
- Log in to Brightspace and select "Content."
- Add a new (or select an existing) module.
- Click "Add Existing Activities."
- Select "External Learning Tools."
- Scroll down and select "Create a New LTI Link."
- Enter a title for your assignment and enter https://lti.goreact.com/lti/v1 as the URL.
- Click "Create and Insert."
- Open the assignment and choose a GoReact assignment type OR choose a previous assignment to copy.
- Select any additional GoReact settings for your assignment and click "Done."
> More on creating an assignment
Invite your students
When you create GoReact content in Brightspace, you don't need to invite your students to register separately for GoReact. All they will need to do is open an assignment in Brightspace, and they will be able to submit their videos.
GoReact in Moodle
Create your new course in Moodle (or have your Moodle administrator set up the new course).
After the course is created, you will make sure the GoReact tool is installed and available for your new course. Or, if you are willing and able to install the GoReact tool on each assignment, see this guide.
Create an assignment
- Under the Course Administration section select "Turn editing on."
- Click "Add an activity or resource."
- Select "External tool."
- Click "Add."
- Under "Adding a new External Tool", enter an assignment name
- Using the drop-down menu next to "Preconfigured tool" select "GoReact"
- After adding any additional settings, click "Save and display"
- Open the assignment and choose a GoReact assignment type OR choose a previous assignment to copy.
- Select any additional GoReact settings for your assignment and click "Done."
> More on creating an assignment
Invite your students
When you create GoReact content in Moodle, you don't need to invite your students to register separately for GoReact. All they will need to do is open an assignment in Moodle, and they will be able to submit their videos.
GoReact in Schoology
Create your new course in Schoology (or have your Schoology administrator set up the new course).
After the course is created, you will add the GoReact app to your course.
Create an assignment
- Click "Materials" on the left.
- Click "Add Materials" and then "Add File/Link/External Tool."
- Click "External Tool."
- Change the Tool Provider drop-down to "GoReact."
- Title your assignment.
- Enter https://lti.goreact.com/lti/v1 as the URL.
- Enable Grading, if you wish.
- Click Submit.
- Open the assignment and choose a GoReact assignment type OR choose a previous assignment to copy.
- Select any additional GoReact settings for your assignment and click "Done."
> More on creating an assignment
Invite your students
When you create GoReact content in Schoology, you don't need to invite your students to register separately for GoReact. All they will need to do is open an assignment in Schoology, and they will be able to submit their videos.