Activity — External tool (LTI)
Launch a third-party LTI 1.3 tool (publisher content, H5P.com, etc.) inside the course.
What it is
An External tool (LTI) launches a third-party learning tool — publisher courseware, an H5P.com activity, an interactive simulation — using the LTI 1.3 standard. The tool runs in its own service but is launched, single-sign-on, from inside your course.
Before you start
The external tool must first be registered as an LTI 1.3 tool on the platform (OIDC login URL, keys/JWKS exchanged with the provider). This is an integration set-up done once; ask your admin if the tool you want is not yet in the picker.
How to add it
In Course content, click Add activity in a topic.
Pick External tool (LTI).
Select a registered LTI tool from the list (configMode: lti) and title the activity.
What students see
Students launch the tool from inside the course (openMode: viewer); the platform performs the LTI handshake and the third-party content loads. Note: this connector launches the tool but does not yet pass grades back automatically (no AGS).
Completion
An LTI activity is not graded here; completion is manual.