# Connect Brightspace

> Add CuraCourse to Brightspace with one URL, then add your activation code to a deployment.

Source: https://www.curacourse.com/help/connect-brightspace

## Before you start
You need Brightspace administrator access (**Manage Extensibility**) and a CuraCourse organization owner or admin.

## 1. Create an activation code in CuraCourse
In CuraCourse, open your organization, choose **LMS**, then **Create activation code**. Under **Add CuraCourse to your LMS**, choose **Brightspace**.

## 2. Add CuraCourse to Brightspace
1. In Brightspace, go to **Admin Tools → Manage Extensibility → LTI Advantage**.
2. Choose **Register Tool**, then **Dynamic**.
3. Paste the **Dynamic registration URL** from the CuraCourse page and choose **Register**.
4. Switch the tool to **Enabled**.

This also adds your Brightspace to CuraCourse, so you can skip the form on the CuraCourse page. The URL includes your activation code, so it stops working once the code is used, expires, or is replaced.

If you can't use **Dynamic**, choose **Standard** instead and use the **Login URL**, **Redirect URL**, and **Keyset URL** from the CuraCourse page. Then enter your Brightspace address and client ID on the CuraCourse page and choose **Register LMS**.

## 3. Create a deployment
1. Open the CuraCourse tool and choose **View Deployments**, then **New Deployment**.
2. Choose the org units that can use CuraCourse.
3. Under **Security Settings**, share the user's name, email, and role.
4. Under **Custom Parameters**, add the line from the CuraCourse page. It looks like `curacourse_activation=ccl_…`.
5. Save, then create a link for the deployment.

## 4. Open CuraCourse once
As an instructor or administrator, open the CuraCourse link from a course. This connects your Brightspace. Instructors add CuraCourse to course content with **Insert Stuff → CuraCourse**.

## Next
[Pick CuraCourse courses and assignments](https://www.curacourse.com/help/lms-courses-and-grades).