Link Selection Placement for LTI app

[bel05023]

1)  One of the options for LTI placement is link selection. Where does this appear? I can't seem to find where this shows up on the UI. I'm also curious what the benefit is.

2)  As a side question, is it possible to create a global nav. LTI (e.g. next to the courses, calendar, inbox links)?

Thanks in advance!

[pklove]

For (2), this thread might be of interest: https://community.canvaslms.com/message/73233-lti-on-main-navigation 

[pklove]

For (1), this might help: External Tool Link Selector - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation 

[stuart_ryan]

Hi  @bel05023 ,

I wanted to check in, as we haven't heard back from you in a while. Peter has linked you to a couple of good resources. Were these able to help you out and resolve your original question?

Cheers,
Stuart

[bel05023]

Hi Stuart,

Thanks for the follow-up. And thanks Peter for the original replies. We used the theme editor instead for the global nav link by adding to our css/javascript instead of trying to create a LTI with global nav placement, so that worked out great. As far as the Link Selection placement, there is still a bit of confusion as to where that shows up on the UI--we were just curious so no worries if an answer doesn't pop up. Thanks!

[stuart_ryan]

Hi  @bel05023 ,

No worries at all, if I come across any good threads down the track I will let you know (for LTI link selection placement).

Cheers,
Stuart

[aaron_bahmer]

I just encountered this situation for EBSCO Library Resources and wondered where I would find Link Selection Placement. In following links from this thread (some of which are deprecated), I found this page: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.link_selection_placement.html

The short answer is: Modules. When creating a new item for a module, select External Tool. The LTI should be found it this list for selection. Further options will differ based on the LTI operation.