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What is LTI, how can you use it on the platform, and how to upload an LTI activity to the platform or on an external LMS

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LTI (Learning Tool Interoperability) provides a standardised way to integrate externally hosted learning content on your platform. LTI provides two-way communication:

Option 1: TinQwise Growth platform hosts content provided by an external system

Option 2: An external LMS uses LTI to host TinQwise content

Please take a look at the FAQ article for burning LTI questions.

FAQ

Option 1: TinQwise Growth platform hosts content provided by an external system

Any LTI tool can be added in the platform by simply entering:

  • the URL

  • the secret

  • the key

You can effortlessly link any external tool to your platform if you have these three information entries.

  1. How does a LTI activity act and what data are transferred

  2. How to link an external LTI to Growth platform

  3. Some other remarks to keep in mind

How does a LTI activity act?

When learners click on the activity that is linked to an external provider, the platform uses the URL, secret, and key information to launch the externally hosted tool.

This method allows a secure data transfer. The data can include:

  • users info and role,

  • attendance,

  • course completion, and

  • grades

How to link an external LTI activity to the platform? 🔨

Step 1. Navigate to TinQwise Control > Content > Activities and click on the top right button Add external content

Step 2. click on Connect LTI solution.

Step 3. Fill out the boxes:

  • a content ID to make the activity searchable

  • add a title

  • add a description

  • add the Launch URL of the LTI activity

  • add the client key

  • add the client secret

  • and a threshold

Client key and secret are information shared from the LTI provider per activity.
A threshold can be chosen. Usually, the provider gives a default one.

Step 4. Save your changes by clicking Create LTI activity.

Step 5. Find the LTI activity in the list of activities to view the activity details. Customise the activity tile by editing the activity title and image.

Step 6. If the LTI activity includes learning content (instead of an exam), go to the LTI settings on the activities detail page. Edit the data field as Progress, allowing the platform to differentiate learning content from score-based measurements such as exams or quizzes.

Good to know 👀

  • Note that our platforms support LTI version 1.1.

  • Once you create an LTI connection, the new LTI activity will be integrated in our platform like any other activities. For example, you can edit activities details, and create automations for your LTI activites.

  • An example for external LTI providers that are currently linked to a TinQwise platform is GoodHabitz

Option 2: An external LMS uses LTI to host TinQwise content

You can also host TinQwise Growth platform content in an external LMS, allowing content creators to craft unique learning experiences within the TinQwise Groth Platform and share these experiences on other platforms using LTI.

With this connection, learners can access one specific content and an entire platform.

From learners' perspective:
A user logs into an LMS and selects a resource link to play a course. The user is then launched into the home page of the TinQwise Growth Platform in an iframe or a new browser.

How to link your Tinqwise Growth Platform to an external LMS? 🔨

Step 1. To link your Tinqwise Growth Platform to an external LMS, the LTI feature should be enabled in your platform. Please first contact TinQwise for further information and assistance.

Step 2. Go to Users > Integrations > LTI

Step 3. Click on Create LTI

Step 4. Give the LTI a name and select your target group (see the remarks in the next section) Save the settings.

This will automatically create you the LTI elements:

  • Key

  • Secret

  • Launch URL

Step 5. View or change the LTI details via Actions > Change details.

Step 6. Connect LTI details to the external LMS to access the content.

Good to know 👀

  • Before you set up the LTI connection, you should make sure that the platform is all set and ready. Each LTI connection is created for a specific target group. This will allow learners to have access to the discovery stream that is designed for their group only. Therefore, setting up the platform (the group structure, automations, and content) is essential before hosting TinQwise LTI in an external LMS.

  • Since the learners have access to the entire TinQwise Growth platform, they can also interact with all the unique features.

  • The platform shares the learner progress data regularly with the external LMS. This allows the admins of the external LMS to receive fast and accurate data. However, how this data is used heavily depends on the external LMS hosting the platform content.

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