LTI Review and Installation Process

Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is an education technology specification developed by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. It specifies a method for a learning system to invoke and to communicate with external systems.

Because FERPA-protected student data may be stored, accessed, or passed through an LTI, requests for LTIs must be reviewed and approved. This process has approval from the Distance Education Learning Technology Committee. There are many steps in the process, so we are unable to provide an installation date upon receiving an LTI request.

Step 1: Submit an LTI Request

Deadline: October 1

Requests must be received by October 1 to move to Step 2.

Any LTI’s requested outside of the schedule will be shared with the committee to determine if an exception should be requested and/or recommended. Requestors will be notified if an exception is granted.

Please note that if an exception is not granted, the LTI will be reviewed at the regular cadence in November.

Step 2: Review by Digital Learning & Emerging Technologies Advisory Committee (DLET) & ITCS

Timeline

• Requests are reviewed annually by the committee each November. 
• Exceptions are considered for special initiatives.

Review Criteria

Review Criteria for review include but are not limited to:

• Student impact
• Instructor impact
• Special initiatives.
• Duplication of functionalities available through existing services or LTIs.
• Canvas installation process.
• Functionality in system, licensing issues, etc. 

Any individual installation of LTI tools at the course level should be the exception supposed by a significant justification.

Step 3: Requestor submits purchase request through PORT system.

Responsible: Requestor or Departmental Purchaser

• Also required if there is no cost for the LTI.
• LTI requests and purchases follow the Technology Purchase Process, including the following reviews:  
  1. Technology Acquisition Committee (meets 2^nd and 4^th Wednesday of each month) 
  2. Accessibility Review 
  3. Technology Security Assessment (Requestor will be notified to submit a separate ticket for this step) 
  4. Materials Management (An MOU is obtained with the vendor) 
• Reviews of LTI requests can take time and will vary from tool to tool. It is not uncommon for requests to take several months to complete.  

Step 4: Testing, Installation and Documentation

Responsible: ITCS

ITCS installs and tests the LTI with the requestor. Documentation is added to the LTI & Publisher Tools page in the IT service catalog. 

Timeline 

• The LTI may not be installed and ready for use immediately after Step 4 has been completed. The timing of an LTI installation and testing considers the impact to campus with the goal to minimize disruptions to the LMS.