A new vendor utilizing LTI connections to deliver content

Now, we have a 3rd vendor that uses the moodle LTI connection.  To be more clear, the vendor, Edmentum is an LTI provider and moodle, studentmoodle, is the LTI consumer.

I set up a 3rd LTI connection in moodle - and had to tweak it while working with the vendor to access content on their server and then to load it to our moodle server.

LTI connections in moodle Admin | plugins | Activity modules | LTI (this is not very intuitive location, too buried!)

Three vendors that deliver their content via LTI protocal, Middlebury, Florida Virtual and now Edmentum.

While I was working with the vendor, setting up a "shell course" from where master courses would be accessed on their side, I had to tweak the definition for the Edmentum connection.

Tweaking the connection

First, I had to choose Show tool type when creating tool instances then I had to change the Privacy settings to always - so Edmentum LTI provider would push grades and progress updates to our moodle (LTI consumer).  Grades and progress are important parts of our administration or courses - in some cases, seems its more important than the actual learning that is or is not happening for the students in the courses.  Sound familiar teachers?  Ahh, but I digress.

Once the LTI settings were updated, I could create an activity in my "course shell" - that opened a passage way to the course content on the Edmentum server.

The Activity in the "course shell" course - that created the passageway to the courses on Edmentum server.

Choosing the activity results in a window opening that lists the available courses for us.

There is an elipsis to the right of each course title, where the download is executed. 

I downloaded about 20 courses.  The file sizes were pretty small in a format ending in .imscc.   A little information in the moodle docs about this format.  Another link explaining this format, a canvas format?  I have not see it before - but it worked like a charm.  What is the imscc file format.

In moodle, I would follow the predictable path of a restore - and then simply drag the downloaded .imscc course file and restore it.  Moodle was 20 for 20 importing and restoring the courses.

After downloading and restoring the courses, this is my master category with the new courses in it.