Overview
LTI is an abbreviation for Learning Tool Interoperability, a protocol developed to enable the integration of external tools within a Learning Management System (LMS).
This document outlines the integration process of Inspera Originality within the D2L LMS. Inspera Originality serves the purpose of providing enhanced plagiarism detection through AI as well as cross-lingual document similarity checking to provide a comprehensive Originality Report on all findings.
Note: the connection between the D2L LMS and Inspera Originality will enable the two to share information smartly and securely. This integration aims to provide an easier means for students, teachers, and administrators to access the tool.
Registration & Configuration
Registration
Click on Admin Tools > Manage Extensibility.
Click on Advantage LTI > Register Tool.
Choose Standard
Configuration
The following steps include the configuration of the details of the external tool.
Clicking on Standard will reveal several fields required for registration.
| Domain | https://lti-originality.inspera.com/ |
| Redirect URLs | https://lti-originality.inspera.com/ |
| OpenID Connect Login URL | https://lti-originality.inspera.com/login |
| Keyset URL | https://lti-originality.inspera.com/keys |
Choose the following extension(s):
- Assignment and Grade Services
- Deep Linking
- Names and Role Provisioning Services
In the Roles section, select Send Institution Role
Once the roles section is completed, you will be prompted to enter the substitution and customer parameters, necessary to facilitate the complete integration.
We’ve compiled a complete list of both the Substitution and Custom parameters that must be entered in these fields.
Note: Make sure to replace Inspera with the name of your institution.
Substitution Parameters
- username = $User.username
- course_department = $CourseSection.dept
- course_title = $CourseSection.title
- course_startDate = $CourseSection.timeFrame.begin
- course_endDate = $CourseSection.timeFrame.end
Custom Parameters
- faculty_name = Inspera D2L LMS - General Faculty
- department_name = Inspera D2L LMS - General Department
- institution_name = Inspera D2L LMS
- institution_platform = https://inspera.d2l-partners.brightspace.com/
Final Details
Once you have filled in all the required information for each section, the last step is to finalize the registration of the tool
Click the Register button.
Upon clicking on Register, a pop-up appears and displays a set of values that are important to the process of configuring an external tool as they enable the registration of the platform in the Inspera database.
Store these values in a safe location and click on Done as shown in the image above.
Within the LTI Advantage tab, you can find the newly registered tool under the Tools list.
Tool deployment
The next step entails deploying the newly registered tool.
Navigate back to the main Administrator page and click on External Learning Tools.
Click on LTI Advantage > New Deployment.
Under Tool, select the newly added tool from the dropdown menu and enter a name and description for the tool.
Check the following boxes In the Extensions section:
- Assignment and Grade Services
- Names and Role Provisioning
Proceed to the Security Settings section. In this section, tick all of the checkboxes except for the first one, which is Anonymous. This will enable the Learning Management System to share the selected details upon the launch of an activity.
Click Add Org Units to make the tool available.
Clicking this button will trigger a pop-up that prompts for the selection of one or multiple organizations.
Click Add.
The pop-up will close and a list of selected organizations will appear under the Add Org Units button as shown in the image below:
Click Create Deployment. Upon doing so, the following pop-up will appear.
Click on Done to close it.
The tool is now available and ready to be used.
Adding an Activity
The next step involves adding a new activity. A teacher can link to Inspera Originality by adding an external tool to a module or topic in D2L Brightspace.
Note: This step can only be performed after the successful completion of the configuration process for both D2L Brightspace and Inspera.
Proceed by logging into D2L Brightspace as a Teacher:
Select a Course by navigating to the first icon in the menu bar:
Doing so will redirect you to the specific course page.
Click the Content icon:
Subsequently, click Existing Activities > External Learning Tools
A list of current existing activities will appear. Click on Create New LTI Link to create a new activity. Please note that a new LTI link must be created for every new activity.
Set a title for the new activity and provide the LTI URL. Lastly, select the tool from the drop-down menu. Lastly, click the Create and Insert button.
Note: In case of an unsuccessful registration, only the Legacy LTI Tool will appear in the tools drop-down menu.
The link should now appear on the unit page.
Launching Inspera Originality
Now that the Inspera Originality tool has been linked by the Teacher, the next step is to launch the tool. This is achieved by clicking on the name of the newly added activity.
Note that Inspera Originality will launch on the same page within D2L Brightspace. However, this can be adjusted such that Inspera Originality opens in a new tab.
To do so, simply click on the downward arrow located next to the activity name and then on Edit Properties in Place.
Subsequently, select Open as an External Source.
Now, launch the tool by clicking the activity name:
Inspera Originality will launch and display the assignment created earlier in D2L Brightspace.
Click Update Assignment to add the assignment to Inspera Originality conclusively.
Click on the Confirm button to create the assignment and enable students to upload their assignments. Alternatively, click Cancel to return to the assignment configuration page.