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About LTI 1.3 launch and authentication
As a result of new requirements from LTI 1.3, D2L updated several areas of the Brightspace platform. With an entirely new process for deploying and managing learning tools, there are a few things you will want to learn to better support your instance. Platforms now act like an OpenID Connect provider, communicating the…
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Assignments and grades services extension with LTI 1.3
Assignments and grade services (AGS) is an LTI extension. LTI 1.3 is designed to handle advanced grade interactions between a tool and a platform. It enables developers with a series of sub-services that allow the management of grade objects and values inside Brightspace. The Assignments and grade services (AGS) comprises…
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Tool Registration, Deployment, and Links
Register an external learning tool for LTI Advantage Registration is the first step of integrating a tool with a platform and completes the security and single sign-on (SSO) process of the integration. Important: An external learning tool can only have one functioning domain registered with a platform. The following…
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Platform Notification Service with LTI 1.3
The Platform Notification Service LTI Standard creates a new channel for external learning tools to communicate outside of an active user session in Brightspace, deepening the level of integration possible between External Learning Tools and D2L Brightspace. When enabled, Platform Notification Service allows external…
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LTI 1.3 permissions
ToolPermission Details External Learning ToolsManage External Learning Tools ConfigurationAllows a role to: * See the External Learning Tools item in the Admin Tools menu * Modify the default tool consumer information (if the permission is enabled at the org level) and org unit context information (if the permission is…
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Add an LTI link to a navbar
Currently, you can use the following types of External Learning Tool links: * Learning Tool: An interface which provides access to features and functions for the overall course but not for a learner's learning path, including help documentation, dashboards, or administrator functions for the LTI tool. * Learning Activity:…
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Names and Roles extension with LTI 1.3
LTI 1.3 was originally built in a way to allow the IMS community to continue adding new extensions, which would add functionality to the Core of 1.3. The Names and Roles extension was built as the next generation to the Membership Service introduced commonly found in LTI 1.0. The LTI Names and Role Provisioning Services…
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Security settings for LTI Advantage (1.3)
Once you have an LTI Advantage tool registered, you can deploy it from the External Learning Tools page. When deploying a new tool, provide a name, associate it to a registered tool, set the available extensions, and set the security settings: * Anonymous: An option to completely anonymize the user details of the launch.…
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Deep linking extension with LTI 1.3
Deep Linking represents a streamlined content creation experience for users. This process occurs through two main interaction points: Deep Linking Request: The Deep Linking request sends from the platform (Brightspace) to the tool to initiate the Deep Linking resource selection/creation workflow. Users here pick the…
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Org Units and Role Mapping
In Brightspace, you can map varying roles and Org Units to a universally accepted set of defined names based on the IMS LTI 1.3 specification. This context mapping means that roles and Org Units impact the way a tool handles an LTI launch. Brightspace enables you to create as many custom roles and types of Org Units as…