Consumers#
A tool consumer is an application which sends users to the Numbas LTI provider, and receives score data in return. In most cases, this will be a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), such as Blackboard, Canvas or Moodle.
Only admin users on the LTI provider can create and manage consumers.
Note
The terminology is slightly different in LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3:
LTI 1.1 |
LTI 1.3 |
|---|---|
Tool consumer |
Platform |
Tool provider |
Tool |
In the Numbas LTI provider, consumer refers to both an LTI 1.1 consumer and an LTI 1.4 platform.
The processes to register a consumer with the Numbas LTI provider differ for the LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3 protocols.