What is my Consumer Key?

What is my Consumer Key?

The LTI Consumer Key (and Shared Secret) authorise and authenticate your Learning Science resources (LTI tool links) on your VLE/LMS. You will have been assigned a Consumer Key for your department, school or institution. 

Depending on your VLE/LMS, the Consumer Key may have a different name. For example, on Blackboard it is referred to as the "Tool provider key" and on Blackboard Ultra it is referred to simply as the "Key".

If the Learning Science LTI tool has been configured at your institution, your VLE/LMS administrator will have set up the Consumer Key (and Shared Secret). In this case, you (instructors) do not need to enter your Consumer Key (or Shared Secret) to embed your Learning Science resources.

If the Learning Science LTI tool has not been configured at your institution, you will need to enter your Consumer Key (or Shared Secret) each time you add a Learning Science resource to your VLE/LMS. Your Consumer Key will always be the same but you may have more than one Shared Secret.

Please refer to the guides in our VLE/LMS integration section for detailed instructions on how to use your Learning Science resources.

If you are not sure how the Learning Science LTI tool has been configured at your institution or if you require access to your institutional Consumer Key or Shared Secret please contact us by raising a ticket using the "Submit a ticket" form at the bottom of this page or contact support@learnsci.com


    • Related Articles

    • Error: A required parameter (Oath_Consumer_Key) was missing

      If you see the error message below, A required parameter (Oath_Consumer_Key) was missing, when opening a Learning Science resource it could be due to one of the following issues: Issue 1: The LTI URL for the Learning Science activity has not been ...

    • What is my Shared Secret?

      The LTI Shared Secret (and Consumer Key) authorise and authenticate your Learning Science resources (LTI tool links) on your VLE/LMS. Depending on your VLE/LMS, the Shared Secret may have a different name. For example, on Blackboard it is referred to ...

    • Canvas: How to configure the Learning Science LTI tool on Canvas (Admin)

      These instructions are intended for the Canvas Administrator at your institution. LearnSci resources fully integrate with your Canvas. All of your resources are hosted, maintained and updated by Learning Science and are added to Canvas as external ...

    • Moodle: How to configure the Learning Science LTI tool (Admin)

      The LearnSci LabSims, Smart Worksheets and other Graded Activities fully integrate with your Moodle platform. All of your resources are hosted, maintained and updated by Learning Science and are added to Moodle using the learning tools ...

    • Moodle: How to add a Learning Science Homepage

      Before you start... You will need the LTI URL(s) for your LearnSci homepage(s) provided by Learning Science. The LTI URL should have the following format: https:// resources.learnsci.co.uk/enrol/lti/tool.php?id=xxxxx (where xxxxx is a set of numbers ...