How to Create an LMS Assignment Link in Yellowdig

December 12, 2025

How to Create an LMS Assignment Link in Yellowdig

Unlocking Student Motivation with Gameful Learning

Instructors everywhere face the same uphill climb: getting students to participate meaningfully—especially in online classes. Despite your best efforts, traditional discussion forums can feel more like boxes to check than places for real learning. What’s the antidote? For many educators, the answer is gameful learning.

What is Gameful Learning?

Gameful learning isn’t about turning your classroom into an arcade. It’s about applying the elements of games—clear goals, meaningful choice, and immediate feedback—to academic environments. Platforms like Yellowdig use points, badges, and accolades to recognize real contributions, making participation feel rewarding, not obligatory.

Why Gameful Elements Spark Engagement

Why do students respond so well to this approach? Because gameful mechanics tap into motivation in ways that rote assignments can’t. When students earn points for thoughtful posts or insightful replies, they're encouraged to dig deeper and share experiences. A little friendly competition doesn’t hurt, either—leaderboards spark engagement and help shy students ease into participation.

Yellowdig’s Approach: More Than Just Points

Yellowdig’s platform is built around the idea that engagement should be authentic, not forced. Points aren’t given for empty “I agree” comments, but for contributions that spark conversation and critical thinking. Students can curate their posts with articles or videos that interest them and receive recognition when others interact with their content. This approach fosters intrinsic motivation—students participate because they want to, not because they have to.

Real Results in Real Classrooms

Instructors using Yellowdig consistently report stronger participation and deeper discussion. One faculty member noted that “seventy-five percent of student questions get answered by their peers,” freeing up their time to tackle more advanced topics. Students say they look forward to checking new posts, sharing resources, and earning recognition for meaningful contributions.

Tips for Making Gameful Learning Work

Set Clear Expectations: Let students know how points are earned and celebrate thoughtful interaction, not just frequency.
Offer Meaningful Feedback: Use accolades and comments to highlight particularly insightful posts.
Encourage Creativity: Remind students they can use links, visuals, or even short videos to make their posts stand out.
Foster Healthy Competition: Leaderboards and weekly challenges can energize participation and keep momentum going.

The Takeaway

Gameful learning turns participation from a chore into an opportunity for discovery and community. With the right design, recognition, and tools, you’ll see students take more ownership of their learning—unlocking not just better engagement, but genuine excitement for the subject.
Ready to see how gameful learning can transform your course? Try out Yellowdig and join a thriving community that believes learning should be as rewarding as it is rigorous.

IN THIS ARTICLE

Creating a new LMS Assignment Link

– Step 1: Access your Yellowdig Community

– Step 2: Navigate to the LMS Assignment Link Page

– Step 3: Create Your LMS Assignment Link

Managing an Existing LMS Assignment Link

⚠️ LTI 1.3 ONLY

This guide is intended solely for organizations operating on LTI 1.3. This option is not available under the management settings if you are utilizing a 1.1 LTI installation. Please refer to this section in our Knowledge Base to find the correct article corresponding to your 1.1 LMS installation.

Introduction

Welcome to the Yellowdig guide on integrating the LMS Assignment Link! This comprehensive article will provide you with a step-by-step walkthrough on creating a graded assignment for your LMS grade book (Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle, etc.) from within your Yellowdig Community.

Creating a new LMS Assignment Link

Step 1: Access your Yellowdig Community

To begin, log in to your Yellowdig account and navigate to the community where you wish to create an LMS assignment link. If you’re unsure how to log in or access your community, please refer to the Yellowdig Knowledge Base articles on account management and community navigation.

Step 2: Navigate to the LMS Assignment Link Page

Once you’re inside the desired community, locate the navigation menu on the top left-hand side of the page.

Click on the “LMS Assignment Link” option. This will direct you to the LMS Assignment Link, where you can create and manage your assignment link.

Step 3: Create Your LMS Assignment Link

On the LMS Assignment Link page, a form will appear, prompting you to fill in the details for your assignment link.

Provide a clear and descriptive Label for the assignment link, such as “Yellowdig Participation”.

Enter the Score Maximum for Yellowdig. This is the number of points that will be allocated to Yellowdig inside your LMS gradebook.

Once you’ve completed all necessary fields, click the “Submit” button to create your LMS assignment link.

Managing an Existing LMS Assignment Link

On the LMS Assignment Link page, you’ll see a list of all existing links within the community (Note: only use one link per community if you want automatic passback to work properly).

To edit a link, click the “Update” button next to the assignment link you wish to modify. You can then update any relevant details and save your changes.

If you have two links by accident, you can delete the unneeded one by clicking the “Delete” button next to the assignment link you wish to remove. A confirmation prompt will appear to ensure you want to proceed with the deletion.

Audience: This help article is for Instructors, Designers, and Administrators. Students or Learners cannot access these settings.

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