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For Admins: Canvas LTI Advantage (1.3) Installation
For Admins: Canvas LTI Advantage (1.3) Installation

This article describes how you can configure the LTI Advantage (1.3) installation between Grasple and Canvas.

Sofie Bastiaansen avatar
Written by Sofie Bastiaansen
Updated over a week ago

To set up Grasple as a tool in Canvas, take the following steps:

  1. Get in touch with us

  2. Configure the LTI Developer Key

  3. Enable the LTI Developer Key

  4. Share Canvas information with Grasple

  5. Verify the correct installation of Grasple as a tool in Canvas

Information per step

1. Get in touch with us

Before taking any next steps, get in touch with us through support@grasple.com to ensure we can support you through this process!

We will provide you with the correct configuration details for the configuration of the LTI Developer Key.

2. Configure the LTI Developer Key

Login to your Canvas environment as administrator

  • Create new LTI Developer Key

    • [Developer Keys] > [+ Developer Key] > [+LTI Key]

    • Fill in the form fields of Key Settings per the information provided by Grasple:

      • Name

      • Domain

      • Redirect URLs (paste both)

    • Select "Paste JSON" as method

    • Paste the JSON configuration file provided by Grasple under "LTI 1.3 Configuration"

  • Configure LTI Advantage Services

    • Check if the JSON file configures the LTI Advantage Services as follows:

  • Configure Additional Settings

    • Check if the JSON file configures the Additional Settings ("Domain" equals the domain provided by Grasple)

  • Configure Placements

    • Check if both "Link Selection" and "Assignment Selection" are available in Placements

  • Save LTI Developer Key and copy Client ID

    • Click "Save" to complete the configuration of the LTI Developer Key

  • Copy Client ID in Developer Keys overview

    • Note down the Client ID given in the column 'Details' in the overview Developer Keys

3. Enable the LTI Developer Key

  • Add and install a new App

    • [Admin] > [Name Account] > [Settings] > [View App Configurations] > [+App]

    • For "Configuration Type", enter "By Client ID"

    • For "Client ID", enter the Client ID you copied from the Developer Keys overview

    • Click "Install" to install the new app

  • View app to copy Deployment ID

    • View the app on the "External Apps" page

    • Open the settings of the app and click on "Deployment ID"

    • Note down the Deployment ID

4. Share Canvas information with Grasple

  • Email the following information to your Grasple contact

    • General information of your Canvas LMS

      • Domain

      • Issuer

      • Authentication Request Endpoint

      • Canvas OAuth2 Access Token

      • Canvas Public JWKs

    • Client ID (found in: Developer Keys)

    • Deployment ID (found in: External Apps)

  • We will configure the installation on our side and will confirm once the LTI1.3 integration is live.

5. Verify the correct installation of Grasple as a tool in Canvas

To verify the correct installation of Grasple in Canvas, take the following steps:

  • Go to a course where Grasple as an External App is enabled

  • Go to the modules section and add an activity to the module

  • Click ‘+’, select ‘External Tool’ and select ‘Grasple’

  • Accept the privacy question pop-up and select module to be linked

  • Check that content is properly linked

  • Click on content and see subjects

  • Click on subject and see description

  • Log in as a student and click on the subject and see the description

Contact and questions

If the installation and/or verification was not successful, contact our LTI integration department via support@grasple.com. We can provide you with detailed information per step and investigate any issues.

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