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Set up the Canvas integration with LTI

Angela Konijn
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error_outline LTI 1.2 will be deprecated on the 27th of August 2023. If you currently have any LTI 1.2 integrations configured on university level, you can continue to use these until then. New LTI 1.2 integrations can no longer be configured on university level. We advise institutions to replace their LTI 1.2 integration to version 1.3 as soon as possible as IMS Global stopped supporting version 1.2 on June 30, 2022. You can find more information on how to setup LTI 1.3 here.

If you are ready to start with the Canvas integration through LTI 1.3, you will need to activate the integration on school level in Ans. You will need to set up the integration both in Ans and Canvas. The steps below will take you through this process, which is divided into different sections. First you will need to prepare the set-up of the integration in Ans, after which you will need to create the developer key in Canvas with which you can create the app in Canvas. Once you have completed these steps, you are able to configure the integration in Ans as a final step. 

Prepare the integration in Ans 

  1. Click the domain  School name in the menu on the left.
  2. Click settings Settings in the menu at the top.
  3. Click Integrations in the menu on the left. 
  4. Click the dropdown menu Configure in the Canvas-section.

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A pop-up will show up containing 3 personal links, which you will need to create the Developer Key in Canvas in the next section. You can identify the different links by the word they end on: logins, launches or lti/keys. Keep these links handy for the next section. You will be filling in the open fields in this pop-up after you are done setting up the integration in Canvas. 

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Create the Developer Key in Canvas

  1. Open a new tab in your browser and sign into Canvas
  2. Navigate to Site Admin in the menu on the left
  3. Click on Developer Keys and then on the green box '+ Developer Key'
  4. Choose the 'Manual Entry' method
  5. Fill in the information with the links provided by Ans in the previous steps. See screenshots below for an example of how it should look filled in. 
  6. After filling in the information click on Save.
  7. You will be redirected to the overview of the Developer Tools
  8. Switch the tool to ON
  9. Copy the ClientID displayed in the Details column

This is what the page should look like filled in: 

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Make sure to check the following settings under 'Advanced':

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Lastly, make sure to open the tab 'Additional Settings' and switch the Privacy Level from private to public. 

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Create the App in Canvas

  1. Navigate to Site Admin in the menu on the left
  2. Click on Settings in the bottom left 
  3. Click on Apps in the top menu and click on the button green '+App' 
  4. Set the configuration type to 'By ClientID'
  5. Fill in the ClientID you copied in the last step of the previous section
  6. Click on Submit and then on Install
  7. The pop-up will show the Deployment ID for Ans, copy this

This is what shows up after you submit the ClientID:

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This is the screen you will see once you have installed the App. When you click on the round button on the right, a pop-up will open which includes the DevelopmentID. This is what you will need to finish setting up the integration in Ans.

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    1. Go back to the Ans page
    2. Fill in the information in the pop-up
    3. Click on Activate when you're done

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What’s next
Now that the Canvas integration is set up, you can create a LTI-link for an assignment.

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