How do I integrate Flip with my Canvas course?

Flip logo

You will learn how to Integrate Flip with your course in Canvas. 

Follow these steps below after Creating a Flip Account

1. Open two tabs in your web browser.

In one tab, go to https://admin.flipgrid.com/educator and log in to Flip. In the second tab, go to your Canvas course.

Canvas and Flip webpages

2. Go to the Flip tab and click on your the avatar.

account avatar selected

3. Select Settings.

Settings selected

4. Click on Integrations tab.

integrations tab

5. Click Add New Integration.

add new integration button

6. Type a name for the integration.

This part of the integration only needs to be done one time, and you can label it anything you want.

Integration name field

7. Click on Create.

Create button

8. You now have a Consumer Key and a Shared Secret.

key and secret shown

9. Using your other browser tab, enter your course and click on Settings.

Settings link

10. Click on Apps.

Apps tab

11. Type 'flip' in the search field.

Tip: The search will narrow as you type.

Search field

12. Click on the Flip icon.

Flip icon selected

13. Click on + Add App.

+ Add App button

14. Return to the Flip tab and click on Copy for Consumer Key.

Copy button

15. Return to the course and paste the Consumer Key.

Consumer Key field

16. Return to the Fip tab and click on Copy for Shared Secret.

Copy button for Shared Secret

17. Return to the course tab and paste the Shared Secret.

Shared Secret field

18. Click on Add App.

Add App button

19. You have now integrated Flip with this course.

Alert! The process of copying and pasting the Consumer Key and the Shared Secret needs to be done for every course where you want to integrate Canvas and Flip. That includes when you copy this course for the next term.

Flip now listed with installed apps

Article Summary

You have now learned how to set up the integration between Flip and Canvas.