David Robinson, Georgia Gwinnett College

• Mash up nifty tools with an Learning Management System.
• It is a standard, so a defined protocol achieves application portability. The tool can work with any LMS the same.
• Terms:
  • Tool Provider : the tool with its packaging.
  • Tool Consumer : the system using the tool, like D2L.
  • Context : the course or another other location with the consumer like the Org in D2L. IMS contexts need to be mapped to D2L contexts.
  • Link : is a link.
  • Roles : various systems call roles different things. The IMS roles need to be mapped to the D2L roles.
• LTI Secret Sauce :
  • Tool admin provides link, key, and secret
  • D2L admin creates the External Learning Tool which includes the link, key, and secret.
  • Instructor adds the quick link to the tool for the course.
• User clicks the link. Information sent to the tool provider such as user, context, role, key, and signature. User launched into the remote tool. A Single-Sign On, aka no login again.
• Macmillan wants the admin to setup a link for every course. Impossible to sustain. McGraw-Hill one link and instructors setups the course by selecting a book.
• Select where it will be deployed such as every Course Offering under a Course Template.
• Open in New Window tends to work better than inside an iFrame.
• Instructor role by default can create LTIs, even duplicates.