LTI 1.1 Consumer

This page outlines the details for consuming SkillsTown courses using LTI 1.1.

Launch URL

The launch URL for LTI 1.1 is:

https://account.onlineacademy.nl/LtiProvider/Provide

Credentials

To authenticate, you will need a consumer_key and consumer_secret. These will be provided to you by SkillsTown.

Course Progress

To receive course progress updates, the LTI launch request must include the lis_outcome_service_url and lis_result_sourcedid parameters.

SkillsTown will send a grade (0.0 – 1.0), where 0.0 represents 0% progress and 1.0 represents 100% progress, to the lis_outcome_service_url when the user completes the course.

Mandatory Fields

The following fields are required in the LTI launch request:

• lti_message_type (must be basic-lti-launch-request)
• lti_version (must be LTI-1p0)
• user_id
• lis_person_name_given
• lis_person_name_family
• lis_person_name_full
• lis_person_contact_email_primary
• custom_course_identifier (Required to link the correct course)
• oauth_consumer_key
• oauth_signature_method
• oauth_timestamp
• oauth_nonce
• oauth_version
• oauth_signature
• lis_outcome_service_url
• lis_result_sourcedid

Example Request

The LTI 1.1 launch is a POST request with application/x-www-form-urlencoded content type. Below are the parameters from an example request:

Parameter	Value	Description
LTI Standard Parameters
lti_message_type	basic-lti-launch-request	Must be basic-lti-launch-request
lti_version	LTI-1p0	Must be LTI-1p0
resource_link_id	429785226	Unique ID for the link
resource_link_title	Phone home	Title of the link
resource_link_description	Will ET phone home...	Description of the link
user_id	29123	Unique ID for the user
roles	urn:lti:role:ims/lis/Instructor	User role
lis_person_sourcedid	sis:942a8dd9	SIS ID for the person
lis_person_name_given	John	First name
lis_person_name_family	Baird	Last name
lis_person_name_full	John Logie Baird	Full name
lis_person_contact_email_primary	jbaird@uni.ac.uk	Email address
launch_presentation_locale	en-GB	Locale
launch_presentation_return_url	https://saltire.lti.app/platform	Return URL
Course Progress Parameters
lis_outcome_service_url	https://saltire.lti.app/platform/tool/outcome	URL to send grades to
lis_result_sourcedid	ondemand~8893h42	Unique ID for the result
Custom Parameters
custom_course_identifier	PEB50UTX	Required. Identifier for the course in SkillsTown
OAuth Parameters
oauth_consumer_key	******************	Consumer Key
oauth_signature_method	HMAC-SHA1	Signature Method
oauth_timestamp	1763560682	Timestamp
oauth_nonce	e4600b4c937a89ead735edb13428f850	Nonce
oauth_version	1.0	OAuth Version
oauth_signature	...	OAuth Signature

Full Parameter List (Example)

context_id=S3294476
context_label=ST101
context_title=Telecommunications 101
context_type=CourseSection
custom_caliper_endpoint_url=https://lti.tools/caliper/event
custom_course_identifier=PEB50UTX
...
lti_message_type=basic-lti-launch-request
lti_version=LTI-1p0
oauth_consumer_key=******************
resource_link_id=429785226
user_id=29123
roles=urn:lti:role:ims/lis/Instructor
...