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LTI Integration: Canvas LTI 1.3 (🎥with video)
LTI Integration: Canvas LTI 1.3 (🎥with video)

Learn how to integrate SOWISO into Canvas (using LTI 1.3)

Updated over 4 months ago

General LTI - IMS & SOWISO

SOWISO has IMS Learning Tools Interoperability to connect to your Learning Management System (LMS), like Canvas, Brightspace 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.

When setting up SOWISO as an external source in the LMS, you must share with SOWISO the e-mail and name of the users.

What information do I need for the Canvas integration?

In order to connect using LTI 1.3, you need a:

Then you need to share with us your

  • Platform ID

  • Client ID

  • Deployment ID

  • Public keyset URL

  • Access token URL

  • Authentication request URL

Setting up the integration between SOWISO and Canvas using LTI 1.3 Step by step

Part 1

Step 1: Go to Admin

Step 2: Go to Developer Keys

Step 3: Add Developer Key (+ LTI Key)

Step 4: Fill in the required fields

Method: Manual Entry

Key name: SOWISO

Title: SOWISO

OpenID Connect Initiation Url: https://cloud.sowiso.nl/lti/login

JWK method: Public JWK URL

Under "Privacy Level" choose "Public".

Step 5: Change the State to "ON"

Step 6: Send the Client ID to SOWISO support

This is where you can find the client ID:

Once you have the Client ID, you can continue to Part 2.

Part 2

Step 7: Add SOWISO as External Tool

Go to Courses-Settings-Apps. Click on "Add" and choose "by Client ID" and paste the Client ID from Step 6.

Click on "Submit". Confirm by clicking on "Install".

Step 8: Get the Deployment ID

Click on the Settings icon next to your newly installed SOWISO tool and choose "Deployment ID".

Please send the Deployment ID to SOWISO support. Once we have added it on our side, you will be able to use SOWISO as the external tool.

Part 3

Step 9: Add SOWISO to your course

Go to your course on Canvas and choose the module where you want to add SOWISO. Click on the + symbol and choose "External Tool".

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