User Guide
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Institution Config
Courses
External LTI Tools
ampEducator supports LTI 1.1, allowing you to connect external learning tools—such as virtual labs, publisher content, or interactive resources—directly to your courses. LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) enables seamless integration between ampEducator and third-party platforms, giving students and instructors easy access to external content without leaving the system. To use an LTI tool in a course, it must first be configured in Institution Config / Courses / LTI.
To configure a new LTI tool, click New External LTI Tool to open the setup modal.
Enter the required details:
- Tool Name – Enter a name for the LTI tool.
- Tool Description – (Optional) Add a brief description of the tool.
- Tool Icon Image – (Optional) Upload an icon for the tool.
- URL – Enter the tool's URL, ensuring it begins with http:// or https://
- Consumer Key – Enter the key provided by the LTI tool provider.
- Shared Secret – Enter the shared secret provided by the LTI tool provider.
- Instructor Role / Student Role – Select the roles assigned to instructors and students.
- Custom Parameters – (Optional) Add any required custom parameters in key=value format, one per line.
- Share User Name / Share User Email – If enabled, ampEducator will pass this information to the LTI tool.
- Accept Grades – If enabled, instructors can map the tool to a gradebook item, allowing grade updates to sync between the tool and ampEducator.
Click Add to save the LTI tool. Once added, it will appear in the External LTI Tools list and can be used in courses.