Canvas- Creating the External Tool

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  • Login as the Canvas Administrator
  • Navigate to the following page:

Admin → Accounts → Select Root Account

The Admin panel showing options for Site Admin, Watermark, and All Accounts.

Go to Settings.

The Courses page showing a left navigation list with multiple admin options, with Settings highlighted at the bottom of the list.

Go to Apps.

The Settings page showing tabs for Settings, Quotas, Notifications, Admins, Announcements, Reports, Apps, and Feature Options, with the Apps tab highlighted.

Go to +App.

The External Apps page showing a list of apps with a highlighted Add App button on the right.

Configure the tool as follows:

  • Name - something identifying Outcomes Assessment Projects, that can be easily
    selected when creating the assignment
  • Consumer Key - to be copied and pasted from Outcomes Assessment Projects
  • Shared Secret - to be copied and pasted from Outcomes Assessment Projects
  • Launch URL - https://lti.taskstream.com
  • Domain - lti.taskstream.com
  • Privacy - Select Public

The Add App dialog showing fields for Configuration Type set to Manual Entry, Name, Consumer Key, Shared Secret, Launch URL, Domain, and Privacy set to Public. Additional Custom Fields and Description boxes appear below. Cancel and Submit buttons appear at the bottom.

Click Submit

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