1 General / Basics
Allows customers to connect their existing LMS (learning management system) to Howspace
Support for LTI 1.3
The users in the LMS are then able to register and access Howspace workspaces
For example, an easy way to support social learning with Howspace is by connecting your Moodle with your Howspace
You can enhance participation and engagement in real-time in parallel with LMS
Participants do not need to log in separately, and course administrator only needs to manage users in one place
1.1 Configuration of Howspace to your Moodle
To set up the connection between your Howspace and Moodle, you need to complete the following two steps:
Learning Tool Interoperability feature activated to your Howspace account
Setup Howspace tool in your Moodle
After this configuration is complete, your course administrators can add the Howspace tool to the course so that participants can access the Howspace workspace without a separate login.
1.2 Feature activation
If you are not able to find the Learning Tools Interoperability feature from your Howspace Account Manager (Settings), contact your CSM or Howspace support to enable it for you.
1.3 Moodle LTI external tool setup
Log in to your Howspace Account Manager as a main user
Navigate to Settings -> Organization settings -> Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)
Copy the LTI Advantage Dynamic Registration URL
Login to your Moodle as an administrator
Navigate to Activity modules > External tool > Manage tools
Paste the LTI Advantage Dynamic Registration URL into Manage tools -> Add tool -> Tool URL
Click "Add LTI Advantage"
Find the Howspace tool at the bottom of the page
Click "Activate"
Click the pen icon in the Howspace tool
Navigate to Tool Settings
Select "Show in activity chooser and as a preconfigured tool" in Tool configuration usage
Select "New window" in Default launch container
Click "Save changes"
2 Course administrator: Add Howspace tool to your Moodle course
After adding the Howspace workspace to the course, participants are able to login and register to the workspace without a separate login directly from the Moodle course using their Moodle login credentials.
2.1 Setup in Howspace workspace
Open your workspace
Open Workspace settings
Check that "Learning Tools Interoperability" is ticked in the "Features" menu
Select Login, registration and SSO
Enable “Users can login with Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)"
Save
2.2 Setup in Moodle course
Open your Moodle course
Select Add an activity or resource
Add External tool
Give the activity a name
Select Howspace from the Predefined tool drop-down menu
Choose Select content and select the Howspace workspace you want to be added to your course
Save