IMS Basic Overview of How LTI Works
Learn what LTI standards aim to provide, key concepts, and terminology that will come in handy as you prepare to adopt the standard.
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IMS GLOBAL & University of Central Florida
LTI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
About Us and Our Mission
We are a community of educators, developers, researchers, and vendors with the calling to:
- Nurture and grow the next generation digital learning ecosystem of trusted and secure digital tools
- Explore and share the value proposition of LTI standards
- Build a repertoire of best practices to empower faculty and students with innovative technology-driven digital learning
- Facilitate/participate in professional development opportunities to prepare faculty and staff adopt standards-based edtech tools via webinars and hackathons
- Find/contribute sample code, how tos, tips & tricks, to get started with LTI
Getting Acquainted with LTI Standards
Get to Know LTI Advantage (Video)
Watch this video for an introductory nuts and bolts to LTI Advantage.
LTI Advantage: 5 Things You Need to Know
A companion article to the video above by Linda Feng to quickly gain an understanding of the practicalities of LTI Advantage.
IMS Recommended LTI Adoption Roadmap and FAQ
Learn the best path to upgrade from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3.
UCF Open LTI Templates
Jump-start new projects with these boilerplate examples which are available from UCF Open's Github account.
IMS Global Learning Consortium Learning Tools Interoperability
Learn and access detailed information about LTI standards, their background, and roadmap.
Spark Your Imagination!
Get your creative side going by perusing through samples, best practices, templates, and tools.
App/Best Practice Spotlight
Action Icons by University of Central Florida
Check out the latest certified LTI Tool Provider from UCF! Action Icons allows faculty to quickly insert accessible icons that direct the student to do something such as read a passage in a book or watch a video.
Canvas by Instructure - LTI Advantage (v2019.1.29)
Canvas has been certified for v2 of Assignment & Grade Services, Deep Linking, and Names & Roles Provisioning.
LTI Templates
Jump-start new projects with these boilerplate examples which are available at the following links:
LTI Advantage Template
Now Available! Boilerplate LTI Advantage (1.3) template written using Python 3 and the Flask framework.
LTI-template-flask-oauth-tokens
LTI template written in Python using the Flask framework. Uses Instructure's oAuth login to generate an API Key.
Check out all of UCF's open sourced projects and templates at GitHub UCFopen.
Examples of Implementations
Find ideas with some of the University of Central Florida projects that implement LTI standards at UCF's Integrations page.
Submit your project or implementation for others to learn or adopt using our contact form.
Certification Resources
IMS Product Certifications
Visit this site to verify the certification of the edtech tool your are considering to adopt.
IMS Get Certified
Learn how to get your application certified.
Reach out by letting us know about you and your quest!