How to Edit/Replace External Tool in Course Outline
- In the Project, users can manage the Course Outline in the Outline mode and Author mode
- In the Outline mode, click the settings icon next to any External Tool node to bring up the Edit Node modal.
- To bring up the Edit Node modal in Author mode, click on the More ( ⋮ ) icon on the external tool node and select Settings.
- For External Tool Node, you can edit any node information that was added during creation, including:
- Node Name: – name of the External Tool node on the Course Outline
- URL: – the External Tool URL (no validation required)
- Custom Properties: – to launch the URL (non-mandatory)
- Teacher only: – marking a node as Teacher-Only
- Metadata: – update the KVP, Tags and Taxonomy
- Replace Tool: – to replace with any of the existing tools or add a tool manually
- To replace a tool:
- Click Replace Tool
- Select a pre-registered tool from the available list of LTI 1.1 or LTI 1.3 tools:
- LTI 1.1 tools configured with basic launch (without search icon) can be added directly by selecting the tool
- LTI 1.1 tools configured with Content Item selection and LTI 1.3 tools will have a search icon next to them, clicking this will open the corresponding provider UI to select resources
- Alternatively, to add a tool, click Insert External Tool.
- In the Add Form, you need to input the following details:
- Click the Save button to update the changes.
Note: Users can either choose from the available list of LTI 1.1 or LTI 1.3 tools pre-registered in the Admin platform or can click Insert New External Tool if no tool is pre-registered. Changes will be saved only if the user confirms. If not, then existing data will be retained.
On navigating to Author or Preview mode from the top navigation, users will need to select a node to view its content.
Users can continue performing actions or work on other nodes of the Course Outline while one node action(add, delete, reuse, edit) is in process.