LTI Integration

Skillsoft's Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) solution allows you to integrate Skillsoft content with a third party LTI system, or Tool Consumer (TC), such as Blackboard or Canvas. An LTI integration:

• Supports any and all content that can be launched via a typical LMS integration
• Content which produces a score can be tracked back to any Tool Consumer which supports LTI Outcomes (gradebook).
• Supports LTI1.0/1.1

LTI Workflow:

1. Work with your Skillsoft Account representative to create a unique consumer key and shared secret. The account rep will add the values to your Skillport site.
2. In your TC, create a resource that links to the Echo page, and click the link. The Echo page returns all LTI launch parameters.
3. Send the results of the Echo page to your Skillsoft Account representative who will locate the userID and optional assetID and add them to your Skillport site.
4. In your TC, add this Skillsoft LTI site as a new provider by entering the consumer key, shared secret, and root domain.
5. In your TC, create new resources that include the launch URLs.
6. Assign the resources to your learners.

Prerequisites

In order to implement the LTI solution, you need a Skillport 8 site with OLSA. Your Skillsoft Account representative must configure OLSA to:

• Track one way back to the LMS
• Disable the signed applet so your integration uses the Relayer
• Use the RIA player as Java is not supported

Consumer Key and Shared Secret

LTI uses a consumer key and shared secret to establish a connection. Work with your Skillsoft Account representative to manually create these values:

• Consumer key - identifies the LTI Tool Consumer. Skillsoft recommends using a GUID for this value.
• Shared secret - used by both OLSA and the TC to authenticate the LTI connection. Skillsoft recommends using a complex password for this value.

Once you determine these values, your Account rep will add them to the appropriate parameter in your Skillport site.

User ID and Asset ID

There are two additional parameters that your Account representative will set in your Skillport site:

• The userID is required. This is the user’s unique identifier in OLSA/Skillport.
• The assetID is an optional value and allows the asset identifier to be passed as a custom LTI launch parameter, as opposed to adding it directly to the URL.

Both the userID and the assetID values are retrieved from the Echo page, defined below.

Echo Page

Skillsoft's LTI solution includes an Echo page that returns all LTI launch parameters, including the userID and assetID. You will need to create an LTI resource (link) in your TC that links to the Echo page.

To create the link to the Echo page, create a new resource in your TC, such as Blackboard, and add a URL constructed as follows:

• {OLSA endpoint root}/olsa/echo.jsp 

  Example:

  • http://someolsaroot.skillwsa.com/olsa/echo.jsp

After you create this resource, click the link and then send the results of the Echo page to your Skillsoft Account rep, who will add the userID and assetID (if desired) values to the appropriate location in your Skillport site.

Creating Launch URLs

Once your Skillsoft Account representative adds all necessary parameter values to your Skillport site, you can create resources in your TC that include links (launch URLs) to your licensed Skillsoft content.

There are two options for creating an asset launch link within a course.

• Add the assetID to the URL as a parameter - This option allows you to create a URL with the assetID directly in the URL. Using this method requires a unique launch URL for every asset.

  To use this option, construct the URL as follows:

  • {OLSA endpoint root}/olsa/lti/<sname>/<assetid>

  Example:

  • https://customer.skillwsa.com/olsa/lti/spcustomer/comm_01_a01_bs_enus
• Pass the assetID as a custom launch parameter - If you chose to use the LTI assetID launch parameter, use this option to create a static launch URL that will be used for every asset. The Skillsfot asset ID will be set as the value of the custom launch parameter.

  To use this option, construct the URL as follows:

  • {OLSA endpoint root}/olsa/lti/<sname>

  Example:

  • https://mysite.skillwsa.com/olsa/lti/spmysite

Note: The launch URL accepts both HTTP and HTTPS protocols.

Assign the Asset to your Learners

Once you have created the resources with the launch URLs, follow the guidelines provided by your TC to assign the assets to your learners.