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What is External tool?

Many websites provide materials and interactive learning exercises different from and complementary to Moodle's own resources and activities. The external tool offers a way for teachers to link to these activities from within their Moodle course page and where available to have grades sent back into Moodle. Students only need to log in to Moodle; they do not have to log in a second time to the connecting site.

Sites which allow connection to Moodle in this way are known as LTI compliant and are called Tool providers. The "tools" are the exercises or materials which Moodle can connect to.

The External tool enables participants to interact with LTI-compliant learning resources and activities on other web sites. (LTI is an IMS standard for Learning Tool Interoperability.) For example, an external tool could provide access to a new activity type or learning materials from a publisher.

How is it set up?

In a course, with the editing turned on, choose 'External tool' from the activity chooser.
Give it a name and, if needed, a description.
Add the tool URL, either one configured by your sits admin or create your own external tool activity, for which you need the Consumer key and Shared secret, both provided by the external tool provider. For more information see External tool settings
Specify the Launch container (how the external tool will display)
Select the services you want
Specify the privacy settings
Save the changes.

Other settings

Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore Common module settings, Restrict access, Activity completion, Tags and Competencies

More information

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-==About the external tool==
+__NOTOC__
+==What is External tool?==
+Many websites provide materials and interactive learning exercises different from and complementary to Moodle's own resources and activities. The external tool offers a way for teachers to link to these activities from within their Moodle course page and where available to have grades sent back into Moodle. Students only need to log in to Moodle; they do not have to log in a second time to the connecting site.
-The external tool enables participants to interact with [http://www.imsglobal.org/toolsinteroperability2.cfm LTI]-compliant learning resources and activities on other web sites. (LTI is an IMS standard for Learning Tool Interoperability.)
+Sites which allow connection to Moodle in this way are known as LTI compliant and are called Tool providers. The "tools" are the exercises or materials which Moodle can connect to.
-For example, an external tool could provide access to a new activity type or learning materials from a publisher.
+The External tool enables participants to interact with [http://www.imsglobal.org/toolsinteroperability2.cfm LTI]-compliant learning resources and activities on other web sites. (LTI is an IMS standard for Learning Tool Interoperability.) For example, an external tool could provide access to a new activity type or learning materials from a publisher.
-To create an external tool activity, a tool provider which supports LTI is required. A teacher can create an external tool activity or make use of a tool configured by the site administrator.
-To configure an external tool, the following details are required:
-* Launch URL
-* Consumer key - provided by the tool provider and used to uniquely identify the Moodle site from which users launch into the tool
-* Shared secret - password provided by the tool provider
-An external tool activity can pass the participants name or email address to the external tool and can receive grades from the tool which are then entered into the course gradebook.
 [[File:demoexternaltool.png]]
+==How is it set up?==
-==Why use an external tool?==
+#In a course, with the editing turned on, choose 'External tool' from the activity chooser.
+#Give it a name and, if needed, a description.
-Many websites provide materials and  interactive learning exercises different  from and complementary to Moodle's own resources and activities. The external tool offers a way for teachers to link to these activities from within their Moodle course page and where available to have grades sent back into Moodle. Students only need to log in to Moodle; they do not have to log in a second time to the connecting site.
+#Add the tool URL, either one configured by your sits admin or create your own external tool activity, for which you need the Consumer key and Shared secret, both provided by the external tool provider. For more information see [[External tool settings]]
+#Specify the Launch container (how the external tool will display)
-Sites which allow connection to Moodle in this way are known as LTI compliant and are called Tool providers. The "tools" are the exercises or materials which Moodle can connect to.
+#Select the services you want
+#Specify the privacy settings
-==See also==
+#Save the changes.
+==Other settings==
-* [[LTI and Moodle]]
+Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore [[Common module settings]], [[Restrict access| Restrict access]], [[Activity completion]], [[Tags]] and [[Competencies]]
+==More information==
-==Need more information?==
 *[[External tool settings]]
 *[[Using External tool]]
 *[[External tool FAQ]]
+* [[LTI and Moodle]]
 [[Category: External tool]]
+[[Category:LTI]]
 [[es:Herramienta externa]]
 [[de:Externes Tool]]
+[[fr:Outil externe]]

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