Moodle: How to configure the Learning Science LTI 1.3 (Advantage) tool (Admin)

Moodle: How to configure the Learning Science LTI 1.3 (Advantage) tool (Admin)


Notes
These instructions are intended for the Moodle administrator at your institution.

The LearnSci resources fully integrate with your Moodle platform. All of your resources are hosted, maintained and updated by Learning Science and are added to Moodle as External Tool activities in just a few steps. 

For help and support email support@learnsci.com

Before you start
  1. You will need a registration URL (provided by LearnSci)

1. Navigate to Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > External tool > Manage tools.

2. Paste your registration URL into the Tool URL field and click ‘Add LTI Advantage’.

3. The new tool should appear as a tile under ‘Tools’, click 'Activate' and then edit (usually the cog icon in the top right corner of the new tool) and edit the following details.

Notes
There may be additional fields but you only need to complete the ones below.

TOOL SETTINGS

Tool Name
LearnSci Resources
Tool description
LabSims and Smart Worksheets
Tool configuration usage
Select either ‘show as preconfigured tool when adding an external tool’ or ‘show in activity chooser and as a preconfigured tool’ according to your own institutional needs.
Default launch container
New window

4. Select  "Show more…".

Secure icon URL
https://learningscience.co.uk/favicon.ico

5. Select “Restrict to category” and select where to make the tool available (feature available in Moodle 4.3 upwards only)

6. Select "Save changes".

7. Inform LearnSci that the tool has been added and configured. The relevant content can then be linked to the tool ready to be added to your LMS.

Notes
Once LearnSci has confirmed that your content is linked to your new tool, check that the tool has been configured correctly and is working as expected. 

To test, go to a course and add a tool instance with a teacher account, then click ‘select content’. You should be able to use the course filter to switch between available content, and then select items from the list to add to your course. Once done, click ‘save and return to course’.

AlertImportant: Newly added content must be set to ‘open in new window’ in the activity settings in order to work properly. Once this is done you can try launching some of the newly added content. It’s advisable to also test using a student account.