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

The Site administration section showing Manage tools with fields for adding a tool, options Add LTI Advantage and Add Legacy LTI, and a link stating you can configure a tool manually, with the Tools list shown below.

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

    The External tool configuration section showing Tool settings with fields for tool name, tool URL, tool description, LTI version, consumer key, shared secret, custom parameters, tool configuration usage, default launch container, and content selector URL. The Privacy section showing fields for sharing launcher’s name with tool, sharing launcher’s email with tool, accepting grades from the tool, and the option Force SSL.

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

Moodle- Assignment Link Creation

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