Canvas LTI Integrations
Canvas supports Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3 / Advantage) for embedding external tools, assignments, and content into courses with deep linking, grade passback, and names-and-roles service.
API entry from apis.yml
aid: canvas:canvas-lti-integrations
name: Canvas LTI Integrations
description: Canvas supports Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3 / Advantage) for embedding
external tools, assignments, and content into courses with deep linking, grade passback, and names-and-roles
service.
humanURL: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.tools_intro.html
tags:
- Education
- LMS
- LTI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.tools_intro.html
x-features:
- LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3 / Advantage support
- Deep linking for tool placements
- Assignment and Grade Services (AGS) for grade passback
- Names and Roles Provisioning Service (NRPS)
- Configurable tool placements across Canvas UI
x-use-cases:
- Embedding third-party learning tools in Canvas courses
- Passing grades from external graders back to Canvas
- Provisioning course rosters into external tools