How do I make an LTI tool available to site owners?

Enter the appropriate site ID in the Site Id field if you want the external tool to be available ONLY in that site. If you want the external tool to be available in all sites, be sure to leave this field blank.

1. Enter text in the Tool Title field. When users access the tool in a site, this text displays at the top of the frame.
2. Choose either Do not Allow or Allow editing of the title by site owners.
3. (Optional) Select a custom icon from the drop-down menu.
4. Choose either Do not Allow or Allow editing of the icon by site owners.
5. Enter text in the Button Text field. When users access the tool in a site, they'll see this text in the Tool Menu.
6. Choose either Do not Allow or Allow editing of the button text by site owners.
7. (Optional) Enter text in the Description field. This description will display to site owners when they select the tool via Site Info.

1. For tool status, select Enabled or Disabled. Enabled means that it is available for use in the system. Disabled means it is not available for use.
2. For tool visibility, select Visible or Stealthed. Visible means that site owners can select it from Site Info > Manage Tools to add it to a site. Stealthed means that it does not appear in Site Info > Manage Tools and only admin users can add it to a site.

Note: The following settings are unique to each external solution. If the solution being integrated is from a third-party vendor, the vendor typically provides this information.

1. Enter the URL in the Launch URL* field.
2. Enter the LTI key in the Launch Key* field.
3. Enter the LTI secret in the Launch Secret* field.

(Optional) Select the Allow radio button for any of these items to let site owners edit this information.

To specify a height for the tool frame in a site, enter a value (in pixels) in the Frame Height field. Choose Allow to let site owners edit this value.

To specify the default order of the tool in the Tool Menu, specify a number in the list. This option is only available for LTI that are available in all sites.

Determine the site information you want provided to the external solution, and whether the solution will return grades for Gradebook integration. Select settings as appropriate.

Select the ways in which you would like this tool to be able to launch within a site.

Choose how the external solution displays when it launches.

• Click Never launch in Popup if you want it to display in a frame within the site.
• Click Always launch in Popup if you want it to display in a separate popup window or new browser tab/window.

Click Allow popup to be changed to let site owners edit this setting.  

Choose whether debug data will display to site owners when the external solution launches. Click Allow debug mode to be changed to let site owners edit this setting.

1. Provide additional parameters in the Custom Parameters field, as appropriate. Be sure to list each parameter on a separate line. A parameter should be in the following format:  key=value  
2. If you would like to manually map Sakai roles to specific IMS roles, enter the mapping here in the following format: instructor:Learner;student:Learner
3. Click Allow additional custom parameters to let site owners enter more parameters.

Enter text in the Splash Screen field, as appropriate. This text will display to all users before the external tool launches.

If you are configuring an LTI 1.1 tool, leave the default selection of Tool does not support LTI 1.3.

If you are configuring an LTI 1.3 or LTI Advantage tool, select Tool supports LTI 1.3.

For LTI 1.3 tools, enter the Tool OpenID Connect/Initialization Endpoint and Tool Redirect Endpoint(s) into the two fields provided.