Moodle- Creating the External Tool

Creating the External Tool in Moodle, For Use In Assignments

• Login as the Moodle Administrator
• Navigate to the following page (In the Site Administration block):

► Site administration / ► Plugins / ► Activity modules / ► External Tool / ►Manage tools

• Click configure a tool manually

Configure the tool as follows:

• Tool Name - something identifying Outcomes Assessment Projects, that can be easily
  selected when creating the assignment
• Tool Base URL - https://lti.taskstream.com
• LTI Version - LTI1.0/1.1
• Consumer Key - to be copied and pasted from Outcomes Assessment Projects
• Shared Secret - to be copied and pasted from Outcomes Assessment Projects
• Default launch container – Embed
• Within the Privacy section enable the following settings:
  • Share launcher’s name with tool - Always
  • Share launcher’s email with tool - Always
  • Accept grades from the tool – As specified in Deep Linking definition or Delegate
    to teacher
• Click Save Changes

After creating the external tool, you can click the link below to set up the assignment link. 

Moodle- Assignment Link Creation