Setting up Single Sign on with Moodle

Instructor Training Series

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Written by Sujay Darji
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Step 1

  1. On your course page, click Turn editing on (top right). Editing icons and links will appear.

Step 2

  1. Locate the Section where you will add a link to the External tool (if you are using the Collapsed topics format, expand the Section).

  2. At the bottom-right of the Section, click + Add an activity or resource. The Add an activity or resource pop-up will open.

  3. In the Add an activity or resource popup, select External tool () and click Add. The Adding a new External tool page will open.

Step 3

  1. For Activity name, enter a title for the external tool. The name you enter will display as a link on your course page.

  2. For Preconfigured tool, leave the drop-down menu set to Automatic, based on tool URL if this was set up by you LMS administrator.  

  3. For Tool URL, enter the URL you received from tool provider.

  4. Click Show more.... Additional fields will appear.

  5. For Consumer key, enter the "key" data you received from the tool provider.

  6. For Shared secret , enter the "secret" you received from the tool provider. Select Unmask to view the characters entered if necessary. 

  7. Click Save and return to course to return to your course page, or Save and display to view the External tool page.

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