External tool
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About the external tool
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.
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.
