SOWISO has support for IMS Learning Tools Interoperability (https://www.imsglobal.org/activity/learning-tools-interoperability ) to connect to your Learning Management System (LMS), like Canvas or Moodle.
The LTI connection will let you sign in automatically without having to insert a username and password again. Those are synchronised with the LMS.
Setting up the LTI (one time)
SOWISO supports two LTI versions, 1.1 and 1.3. They require a different setup.
In order to connect using LTI 1.1, you need a:
url: use the url of your SOWISO/Bolster website + /lti
for example, for Sowiso: https://cloud.sowiso.nl/lti
and for Bolster: https://app.bolster.academy/lti
consumer key and shared secret. If you do not have them already, you can get those from us by sending an e-mail (support@sowiso.com).
In order to connect using LTI 1.3, you need a:
url: use the url of your SOWISO/Bolster website + /lti
for example, for Sowiso: https://cloud.sowiso.nl/lti
and for Bolster: https://app.bolster.academy/lti
Public key: type key be either Keyset URL or RSA. For the Keyset URL, you can use the same url as above and then append /jwks, like https://cloud.sowiso.nl/lti/jwks
For the RSA key, please contact us by sending an e-mail (support@sowiso.com).Login URL: use the same url as above and then append /login, like
For Sowiso: https://cloud.sowiso.nl/lti/login
and for Bolster: https://app.bolster.academy/lti
Redirection URI: use the same url as above and then append /launch, like https://cloud.sowiso.nl/lti/launch
Then you need to share with us your
Platform ID
Client ID
Deployment ID
Public keyset URL
Access token URL
Authentication request URL
What's different with the new LTI 1.3 version?
The pushback of the grades is now fully synchronized. Students' results (package progress and test result) can be updated (if a student does the same test twice, the new result will overwrite the old one in the LMS). This needs to be enabled in the LMS.
It provides a more secure connection between the LMS and the tool (Sowiso platform).
Class enrolment
Once the LTI connection is made, you can add the links to your classes. You can use the access code for class enrollment directly in the url. This will automatically enrol the user in the class (and groups) that the access code belongs to.
You can find your LTI link under class Settings, under Access code:
Additional custom parameters
When creating the SOWISO resource in the LMS, we accept additional custom parameters that you can pass:
accesscode=class_access_code
this will enroll the student at login to the class that the access code belongs to. It is an alternative to using the access code in the link directly.url=any_url_in_sowiso
this will redirect the resources to the url provided.For instance, when you want to link to a test with id 3, you could use the url as url=/content/confirm_test/3hidemenu=true
this will hide the top menu in SOWISO.hidescore=true
this will disable that package and test scores are sent to the LMS. That can be set for each content integration, i.e., per test and per package.
Should I use Sowiso or Bolster Academy?
This depends on the branding that your institution is using. Generally, our Dutch clients use Sowiso, and any other international clients use Bolster Academy.