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Integrate Microsoft Teams classes and meetings within Open LMS

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This guide provides the IT admin steps for registering both Teams Classes and Teams Meetings LTI apps on Open LMS.

For details on managing all LTI apps for any LMS, see Manage Microsoft LMS Gateway for any LMS.

Prerequisites before set up

For the integration between Open LMS and Teams to function correctly, Open LMS and Teams must be set up to communicate with one another.

Follow the instructions for installing and configuring the Moodle LMS plugins.

Register Microsoft Teams LTI for use in Open LMS

Important

The person who performs this integration should be an Open LMS administrator and a Microsoft 365 tenant administrator.

  1. Visit Microsoft LMS Gateway and select the Go to registration portal button.

  2. Sign in with a Microsoft 365 administrator account.

  3. After signing in, select Add new registration.

  4. Select either Teams Meetings LTI or Teams Classes LTI to register and then select Next.

  5. Enter in an easily identifiable Registration name and select Open LMS as the LMS platform. Select Next.

  6. You'll be given a list of keys that need to be added to your Open LMS site.

  7. Open Open LMS in another tab. Don't close the Microsoft LMS Gateway tab.

  8. In Open LMS, go to Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > External tools > Manage tools.

  9. On the Manage tools page, select configure a tool manually.

  10. Under Tool settings, enter in a Tool name like Microsoft Teams Classes. For LTI version, select LTI 1.3. For Public key type, select Keyset URL.

  11. Next, copy the keys from Microsoft LTI keys to the corresponding tool inputs.

    1. Microsoft's Target link URL key goes into Open LMS's Tool URL field.
    2. Microsoft's Open ID connection URL key goes into Open LMS's Initiate login URL field.
    3. Microsoft's Redirect URL key goes into Open LMS's Redirection URI(s) field.

  12. Select Save changes.

  13. The new tool should now appear in the Tools section of Open LMS's Manage tools page. Select the list icon to view Tool configuration details.

  14. Go back to the Microsoft LMS Gateway tab. Select Next to go to the LMS provided registration keys step.

  15. Copy and paste the values from Open LMS's Tool configuration details to Microsoft's LMS provided registration keys step.

    Paste the values as follows:

    On Open LMS On Microsoft LTI registration portal
    Platform ID Issuer ID URL
    Client ID Client ID
    Deployment ID Deployment ID
    Public keyset URL Keyset URL
    Access token URL Access token URL
    Authentication request URL Platform authentication URL

    Select Next.

  16. Review the Review and add page. If there are no errors, select Save and exit. You should see a message indicating successful registration.

You've completed registration of either the Teams Classes or Teams Meetings LTI app.

If you would like to add the other app too, repeat the steps above, selecting the other Teams LTI app in step 4.

Add Teams LTI apps to educators' Open LMS courses

After registering Teams LTI apps, educators can add the Teams Classes app and the Teams Meetings app to their Open LMS courses.

Technical requirements to launch Teams LTI apps

To launch the Teams LTI apps within Open LMS, there are a few technical requirements that need to be met.

Note

IT admins and educators can register LTI apps on the LTI apps registration portal.

IT admin technical requirements

  • Use Moodle version 3.10 or above.
  • Download the latest Microsoft O365 plugin for Moodle version 3.10 or above.
  • Access the LTI apps registration portal to register the LTI apps.
    • Registration must be on completed on a desktop device.
  • Download the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox.

Educator technical requirements

  • Access the LTI apps registration portal to register the LTI apps, if the IT admin hasn't registered the apps.
    • Registration must be on completed on a desktop device.
  • Download the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox.
  • Teams LTI apps for Classes and Meetings in Open LMS.

Student technical requirements

  • Teams LTI apps for Classes and Meetings in Open LMS.
    • Students don't need to take any actions to add the Teams Classes or Meetings LTI apps.