Configuring LTI 1.1 for D2L LMS

How to configure LTI 1.1 for D2L LMS

Step 1: Publishing an Online Course

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1. Navigate to the Designer platform.
2. Select the Project.
3. From the Project TOC (Table of Contents), you can publish a new project or republish an existing project.
4. Click the Publish button.
5. A Publish Settings pop-up will be displayed with the following options:
   • Publishing with slider “OFF”, publishes the course to the Learning Object Repository. 
   • Turning the slider “ON” displays the TOC hierarchy, with an option to mark nodes to be made public (visible & searchable) in the LO Repository. 
6. On configuring the Publish Settings, click the Publish button.

Note: Publishing a course, creates a .fcd (frost course designer) package in LO Repository. An email confirmation is sent to the user’s registered email ID, on completion of the publishing process.

Step 2: Exporting the Project

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1. Click the Export button.

Note: The Export Course button appears only when the Course has been successfully published to the LO Repository by clicking the Publish button.

2. From the Export Course Package drop-down, select D2L LTI, and click Export.
3. From the Export Log list, select the Exported package to download and click Save.

Note: A download link will also be sent to the user’s registered email ID, on completion of the export process.

Step 3: Creating an Organization

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1. Navigate to the Admin platform.
2. From the Admin dashboard, select the “Orgs.” tab. 

Note: If the required organization is already created, you can directly move to Step 4.

3. Click the Create Organization button.
4. Enter the organization details:
   • Organization Name
   • Organization Type – choose one from the list:
     • Enterprise (Default)
     • Partner
     • Others

Note: Any new organization gets created as a Level 2 by default. Level 1 organization is the parent organization and Level 2 can be the partners or schools that the course gets distributed to.

5. Click the Save button.

Step 4: Associating Resource to the Organization 

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1. Select an Organization.
2. Under the Associated Resources section, click the Associate Resource button. 
3. Select the resource.
4. Click Add Selected.

Step 5: Adding LTI 1.1 Configuration

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1. From the Admin dashboard, select the LTI drop-down and click LTI Config. (1.1).
2. Click the Create LTI Configuration button.
3. On the Add LTI Configuration form fill in the necessary details such as:
   • Organization Level – the level of the organization:
     • Level 1
     • Level 2
   • Organization Name – select an organization
   • Configuration Type - select organization type as LMS
4. Based on the data selected above, the following fields are generated automatically:
   • Organization Type
   • Consumer Key
   • Shared Secret
   • Launch URL
5. Click the Save button.

Step 6: Importing the Course in D2L

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1. Login into D2L as an admin.
2. Click on the Settings Icon and select Course Management.
3. Click Create a New Course Offering or Template.
4. Choose “Create a new course template and a new course offering that has never been offered before” and click Next.
5. Enter the Course Template Name and Course Template Code.
6. Select a Department from the dropdown and click Next.
7. Enter the Course Offering Name, Course Offering Code, and click Next.
8. Click Create.
9. Click Copy or Import Course Components.
10. Select Import Components and then choose the component source as “from a course package”.
11. Click Start.
12. On the Import Course Package modal, click Import.
13. Select the downloaded Course Package in Step 2 and click Open.
14. Click Import All Components.
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Step 7: LTI Setup in D2L

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1. Click on the Settings Icon and select External Learning Tools.
2. Select Manage Tool Providers.
3. Click New Tool Provider.
4. On the New Tool Provider page, provide the following information:
   • Launch Point: – Copy only the domain from LAUNCH URL from LTI Platform table in admin
   • Secret: – Copy SHARED SECRET from LTI Platform table in admin
   • Tool consumer information: – Select the checkbox
   • Tool Provider Secret: – Copy CONSUMER KEY from LTI Platform table in admin
   • Security Settings: – 
     • Click Add Org Units.
     • Search the course created in Step 6.
     • Select the 2 records of the course and click Next.
5. Click Save and Close.