LTI Advantage Services

LTI Advantage Services#

Tags: educator reference

LTI Advantage services extend LTI 1.3 tools beyond basic launch. This reference describes how each service behaves in an Open edX course, the conditions required for each service, and what course teams can expect after a service is enabled.

LTI Advantage services are available only for LTI 1.3 tools. The external tool must support each service that you want to use. For information about configuring an LTI 1.3 component, see Set Up an LTI 1.3 Component.

Note

If the component uses an Existing reusable configuration, the site operator manages LTI Advantage settings in LTI Store. If a service needs to be enabled, disabled, or changed, contact your site operator.

Assignment and Grade Services#

With Assignment and Grade Services (AGS), a tool can send scores to line items in the Open edX platform. A tool can also read grade results for line items that belong to that tool.

A line item is the AGS object that receives scores for an activity in a course. When a tool posts a score to a line item, the Open edX platform maps that score to the gradebook column for the corresponding LTI Consumer XBlock.

The Assignment and Grades setting controls how the tool works with line items.

  • Declarative is the default mode. The Open edX platform creates one line item for the LTI Consumer XBlock and shares it with the tool during launch.

  • Programmatic allows the tool to create, read, update, and remove line items through AGS. Use this mode only when the tool needs to manage its own line items, such as when one launch can contain multiple graded activities.

The Open edX platform can receive and store a score for the LTI Consumer XBlock only when This activity is graded is set to Graded. For the stored score to contribute to the learner’s course grade, the unit must also be part of a graded subsection.

If a tool’s score is missing, check these conditions.

  • The tool supports AGS and is configured to send scores.

  • Assignment and Grades is set to the mode required by the tool.

  • The unit is published before the learner launches the tool from the LMS.

  • This activity is graded is set to Graded on the Review Options tab.

  • The unit is part of a graded subsection if the score should contribute to the learner’s course grade.

  • Accept grades after due date allows the timing of the grade return.

  • The learner has completed the steps that the tool requires before sending a score.

Deep Linking#

Deep Linking allows course teams to select tool content from Studio.

After Deep Linking is enabled and the LTI Consumer XBlock is saved, Studio shows a Deep Linking Launch - Configure tool link on the XBlock. Selecting that link opens the tool’s content selection workflow. After the course team selects content, the tool redirects back to Studio and updates the XBlock with the selected content.

Some tools allow course teams to select more than one content item. When the LTI Consumer XBlock includes multiple selected items, users see all returned links during launch and choose which item to open.

If the Deep Linking Launch - Configure tool link does not appear on the XBlock in Studio, or if Deep Linking does not work as expected, check these conditions.

  • The tool supports Deep Linking.

  • Deep linking is enabled on the Advantage Settings tab.

  • Deep Linking Launch URL contains the launch URL provided by the tool for the content selection workflow.

  • The tool is registered with the correct Open edX platform values.

LTI Consumer XBlock in Studio showing saved Deep Linking content and the Deep Linking Launch - Configure tool link.

After Deep Linking succeeds, Studio displays the selected content configuration on the LTI Consumer XBlock.#

Names and Role Provisioning Services#

With Names and Role Provisioning Services (NRPS), a tool can retrieve course membership and role information from the Open edX platform.

By default, NRPS information is available only for courses with up to 1000 active enrollments. Site operators can adjust this limit with the COURSE_MEMBER_API_ENROLLMENT_LIMIT setting.

See also

About the LTI Component (concept)

Set Up an LTI 1.3 Component (how-to)

Set Up an LTI Component Using a Reusable Configuration (how-to)

Allow Sharing PII to LTI Components (reference)

Maintenance chart

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2026-06-25

Aamir Ayub

Verawood

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