Abstract: Building Real Teaching Tools for any LMS Using IMS Basic LTI

This presentation will cover IMS Basic Learning Tools Interoperability and show how a tool or element of content which supports IMS Basic LTI can be quickly and easily integrated into Sakai, Moodle, BlackBoard, WebCT or Desire2Learn.

IMS Basic LTI provides the unprecedented ability to plug the same tool into Sakai, Moodle, BlackBoard, WebCT or Desire2Learn. IMS Basic Tools Interoperability tools can be written in any languages and hosted nearly anywhere on the web. Since an IMS Basic LTI Tool is so easy to write and integrate a new tool into an LMS, it makes a whole new category of learning centers tools to be developed by teachers and local instructional staff. This presentation will provide an overview of IMS Basic Learning Tools Interoperability and how it can be used.