Adding an LTI Application

Overview

AppsAnywhere has the ability to link an LTI application to an LMS in order to deliver AppsAnywhere applications to end users through the LMS. Once you link AppsAnywhere to an LMS your course admins will be able to link a course to an App List and allow students access to the applications in the App List.

Creating an LTI application

Log into AppsAnywhere as an admin user
Click on Return to Admin to access the AppsAnywhere admin portal
On the navigation buttons at the top right of the page, select the Connectors menu (the small plug icon) and then LTI Applications
Click on the + Add button on the top right of the page

Enter the details of your LTI Application:

Form Field Name	Explanation	Expected Value	Example
Name	The name to be displayed in both AppsAnywhere and the LMS. In Canvas, this will also be the label of the course navigation button added to the menu.	You can call the application anything you want, this will be displayed in the LMS.	AppsAnywhere Apps
Learning Management System	The LMS you are connecting to AppsAnywhere Currently only Blackboard and Canvas are supported.	The same LMS as the one you are intending to connect with.	Canvas
Type	The type of application presented through LTI. There is potential for different AppsAnywhere functionality to be offered through LTI in the future, though currently only App List functionality is available.	The type of application you would like to use within the LMS.	App List
Select connection to authorize against	The LDAP connection or SAML SSO method the users of the application will be authorized with. Users accessing the LTI application within the LMS will be automatically logged into AppsAnywhere; the connection selected here will be used to find the associated directory account. For Blackboard, the usernames will have to match the LDAP directory records. For Canvas, the account information used to perform this lookup will be taken from the user's SIS ID in the LMS.	The connection which includes users intended to use the application. This will be a list of all the LDAP connections and SAML SSO methods that have been added to the system.	Campus Directory

Save the application

Once you have entered all of the relevant details of the application, hit the

button.

You will then be sent back to the Viewing LTI Applications page, where you should see your new application and the following message: