[Koha-devel] Learning Tools Interoperability

[Bob Birchall]

On 07/05/15 21:56, Mirko Tietgen wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Bob Birchall schrieb am 07.05.2015
>
>> Hi, I've been asked if Koha has support for LTI and if not, is it
>> in a road map? I guess they mean this:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_Tools_Interoperability
>>
>> Its not something I have heard of before.  Any thoughts?
> I came across this a while back when I started using
> BigBlueButton.[1] This is more like an overview of things I found
> than an opinion on LTI support in Koha.
>
> Basically there are hosts (called »consumers«) and plugins (called
> »tools«) that are supposed to allow easy interoperability. Hosts can
> be learning management systems like moodle[2] (often used by german
> universities), tools can be a lot of different things. I found a
> list here.[3]
>
> There seems to be only a small number of Free Software tools
> available (only searched the page for »open«, did not check all
> corresponding websites).
>
> When I did my research, I was thinking of Koha as a host, so I could
> have BigBlueButton as a tool in Koha. It's also possible the person
> that asked you was thinking of Koha as a tool within a different
> host (have the OPAC or some administration within an LMS maybe?).
> The latter would probably only work on a per-Koha-module-level.
>
> I did not find the specs the last time and thought it was only
> available to members (and lost interest quickly). Seems like that is
> not true. I have not had a look at it but I have the link here so
> I'll add it.[4] This is the first version, others can be found in
> the overview page.[5]
>
> LTI certification for software seems to be bound to membership.
> Assuming Koha as a community project would be considered a
> non-profit organisation, that is $500 US per year.[6] If i'm not
> mistaken, it is possible to implement LTI without certification.
>
> -- Mirko
>
>
> [1] http://bigbluebutton.org/
> [2] https://moodle.org
> [3] http://developers.imsglobal.org/catalog.html
> [4] http://www.imsglobal.org/lti/blti/bltiv1p0/ltiBLTIimgv1p0.html
> [5] http://www.imsglobal.org/lti/index.html
> [6] http://www.imsglobal.org/cc/jointhealliance.cfm
Hi Mirko,
This is great information, thank you.  Its been suggested to me, 
depending on the users' precise needs, that an effective approach might 
be to bolt Koha and Moodle (which has LTI support) together. I'll find 
out more about that.
Thanks and regards,
Bob