Andes in Canvas

[bvds]

I am one of the developers of the Andes intelligent tutor for introductory physics.  Andes contains over 500 problems and covers most of a standard introductory physics course.  It just provides individual exercises:  there is no textbook or anything else.

We would like to make Andes widely available to users of Canvas, using LTI. 

However, since LTI only provides assignment-level integration, there is a bunch of functionality that I would have to provide myself:

1. A way for instructors to go through the Andes problem list to construct assignments.  (Existing problem browser here:  http://andestutor.org/sets/)
2. A way for instructors to be able to copy over courses from last year so they don't have to start over when constructing assignments.
3. A way for students to navigate through an assignment.  (Andes only serves individual exercises.)
4. A gradebook where instructors could view student scores on individual exercises and call up an Andes session for that exercise if they click on a score.  (Since LTI only handles an assignment-level score.)

All of these are pretty standard activities and I am loathe to re-invent the wheel.
What would be the easiest way forward? 

Is there some other way of integrating into Canvas other than the assignment-level LTI integration?

I am rather confused by this whole business because I thought that this kind of functionality (1-4) is precisely what LMS's like Canvas are supposed to provide and yet I am faced with doing it myself.

[This is a heavily revised version of my original post.]

[stuart_ryan]

Hi  @bvds  and Welcome to the Canvas Community,

I have shared this with the https://community.canvaslms.com/groups/canvas-developers?sr=search&searchId=14b34cce-5f24-4d49-b478-...‌ group as they would be the best placed to help out and share some guidance on LTIs and integrating with Canvas.

I would highly recommend joining that group as there are lots of good discussions on LTI and some threads that may help you in your journey.

Hope that helps!

Stuart

[stuart_ryan]

Hi  @bvds ,

It seems your question has really stumped the community. Have you been able to make any progress on this yourself and have any insights to share?

It would be great to hear if you have, and hopefully someone might see this again and have some thoughts they could share.

Hope that helps.

Stuart

[carrie]

Hi  @bvds ‌,

LTI can be placed in Assignments, Navigation, Modules (via Link Selection) and the rich content editor.

See:

• Canvas: Navigation Extension
• Canvas: WYSIWIG Extension
• Canvas: Link Selection Extension
• Canvas: Homework Selection 

Your project is interesting and probably valuable to many instructors. I hope you can get your integration up and running! 

Cheers,

Carrie