Avalon as an LTI tool in a

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Learning Management System

Avalon release 3 introduced Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) capability. The purpose of setting Avalon up Configuring Avalon as an LTI tool in an LMS is to offer provides for course-specific access and customized content verified by the LMS. All a user would need to do to To access course items is to , a user can log into their LMS, click on an external tool link, and then they will be redirected to a special Avalon context that only shows items authorized for the course. As part of the redirect, Avalon gathers course and user information verified by OauthOAuth. Using the course ID, Avalon customizes the landing page for the user to only show items listed for that course.

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<tool_consumer_instance_guid>:
  :uid: :user_id
  :email: :lis_person_contact_email_primary
  :context_id: :context_id
  :context_name: :context_label

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LMS/CMS Specific Setup Instructions

The next step is to go into your LMS or CMS and create a link to the avalon Avalon LTI.

Sakai

To add an external tool to a course, go to site setup on the sidebar then check off the box for one of the external tools. We already named one "Avalon".

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Check the boxes to release the name and email address to the external tool. If these aren't checked, students logging in the first time through sakai will receive an error message.

Blackboard

Contact the Avalon team for more information.

Canvas

Canvas allows for the specification of global as well as course-specific LTI providers. From either the Global or the Course Settings, click Apps, then View App Center to reveal the Add New App button.

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The parameters are similar to those entered for Sakai or Blackboard. Note that for Blackboard Ultra view to work the user needs to have an email.