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[LTI 1.3] Preserving Canvas LTI links from Parent Course in Cloned Course
[LTI 1.3] Preserving Canvas LTI links from Parent Course in Cloned Course
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Written by Rizzian Tuazon
Updated over 2 years ago

NOTE: This feature is only available for users with Org Administrator role

For cases in which you have created 'parent' and 'cloned' courses in Vocareum that you need to link in Canvas, we are providing a custom parameter in Canvas that preserves the LTI links so you don't have to re-enter LTI links for each assignment in the new cloned course.

Steps:

1. Link your Vocareum 'Parent' course to a 'Parent' course in Canvas. This should include setting up the LTI links to all the

2. From Vocareum, use the "Clone Course" feature to copy the Vocareum parent course.

3. From any assignment in the clone course, click the info icon to retrieve the courseid:


3. From Canvas, use the 'Copy' feature to copy the corresponding Canvas parent course.

4a. If the LTI 1.3 App from the parent course was set up regularly:

  • On Canvas, go to the Developer Key used by the parent course, edit it and add a value in the Custom Field Block with the following format:

    vocareum_newcourseids=<cloned-course-id>

4b. If the LTI 1.3 App from the parent course was set up for Course-Specific Access:

  • On Canvas, Set up a new Developer Key by following this guide.

  • Edit the newly set up Developer Key and add and add a value in the Custom Field Block with the following format:

    vocareum_newcourseids=<cloned-course-id>

Additional Details

For developer Keys that are set up regularly, an array of course-ids can be entered to allow for multiple courses to be redirected as shown with the following format:

vocareum_newcourseids=<cloned-course-id#1>,<cloned-course-id#2>,...

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