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Launch Akindi from your Blackboard Original course

How to Launch Akindi with the Blackboard LMS Integration

Christa Plumley avatar
Written by Christa Plumley
Updated over a year ago

💡The following instructions are for enabling Akindi in Blackboard Original. For instructions on how to enable Akindi in Blackboard Ultra, please see our Enable Akindi in Blackboard Ultra Guide.

Enable Akindi

To enable and launch Akindi from your Blackboard.

1. Log in to Blackboard and select a course

2. Go to 'Content'

'Content' on left-hand menu

3. Click the 'Tools' dropdown menu and select 'More Tools'.

Select 'Tools' then 'More Tools' menu

4. Find and select 'Akindi' or 'Launch Akindi' in the list.

Akindi in list of tool options

5. Customize desired options (you can set it to be available) and click 'Submit'.

Click 'Submit'

Launch Akindi

1. Click the 'Akindi' link.

Click 'Akindi' link in Content Area.

2. Click 'Launch Assessments' on landing page.

Akindi will automatically authenticate you, create your course in Akindi, and sync your class roster.

You are now ready to create your Akindi assessment:

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