Glossary#
- Attempt#
A student may make one or more attempts at a Resource. Each attempt is independent from the others.
- Editor link#
A connection between the LTI provider and an instance of the Numbas editor. See Editor links.
- LTI#
Learning Tools Interoperability is a standard which defines how a Tool consumer connects to a tool providing a learning activity. The consumer can provide some information about the person who launched the activity, such as their name, their role in the course, and a unique identifier. The Tool provider can report back a score after a user has completed the activity.
- Resource#
In the Numbas LTI provider, each link from a tool consumer to the provider creates a new resource, representing a single exam to be completed by students. See Resources.
- Tool consumer#
A system from which users launch LTI activities, such as a VLE. See Consumers.
- Tool provider#
A system which provides activites to tool consumers. The Numbas LTI software is a tool provider.
- Platform#
In the LTI 1.3 standard, what we call a Tool consumer is now called a Platform.
- SCORM#
Sharable Content Object Reference Model.
Numbas exam packages are SCORM packages, and the Numbas LTI provider acts as a SCORM player.
- SEB#
- VLE#
A Virtual Learning Environment, such as Blackboard, Moodle or Canvas. Also known as a Learning Management System, or LMS.