LTI Resources in Canvas Commons

DaveWhitehead
Community Member

Hello,

We have a repository of content that currently delivered through a LTI 1.x tool.  An end-solution is to have our repository of content searchable within a consumer Canvas account so one can search and embed items within a course.  We were looking at Canvas Commons as a solution to setup a consortium and deliver content via the Canvas Commons LOR. In some initial discovery, it appears that External Tool is not a content type supported by the Canvas Commons API.  A workaround could be placing External Tool (LTI links) within a Module, or even a Page and using that type within Commons.  With that being said, the ability to preview an LTI item does not seem possible in the Canvas Commons LOR.  A few questions:

  • If LTI content is published in Canvas Commons, and the consumer account has an App configured with the LTI key/secret, will the consumer account be able to preview LTI items from Canvas Commons?
  • Are there any un-documented Canvas Commons features or configurations regarding LTI content that the partnership program could assist with? (e.g., can we provide a global key/secret so the Commons LOR can render LTI content?)
  • Does anyone know of any functional Canvas Commons LTI content examples, or able to share any experiences with LTI content within Canvas Commons?
  • Is another approach, i.e., External LTI deep linking tool, a better solution than Canvas Commons?

I know there was a similar post from a couple years ago, but it seemed like a different question with a different type of solution.

Any help, insight or information will be most helpful.  Thank you!

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