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:
GoReact in GoReact.com
Please Note
As a new user, or a returning user, you will need to set up content for your students/participants to join and start submitting videos for you to provide them feedback on.
The below guides will walk you through creating a folder, creating an activity, and inviting users to your folder.
- Creating a Folder (formerly known as "Courses")
- Creating an Activity (formerly known as "Assignments")
- Inviting Users
Please review our New GoReact Interface (Fall 2023) guide for more information, including video resources.
For a deeper dive into GoReact and all of its functionality, please see our Instructor guides for GoReact.com.
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.