Unleash the power of Microsoft Teams in Moodle LMS with Class Teams and Meetings LTI integration
As the demand for online collaboration and engagement increases in the education world with hybrid and blended learning, Microsoft Teams listened to its users and made Teams LTI apps available within Moodle LMS.
Microsoft LMS Gateway is now generally available with Moodle (for Teams LTI apps)
Introduction Microsoft LMS Gateway allows institutions to use Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) apps from Microsoft with their Learning Management System (LMS). It is a fully compliant product and is certified from https://site.imsglobal.org/certifications/microsoft/microsoft-lms-gateway on LTI 1.3 standards. It is currently available to use with Moodle. Other LMSs such as Open LMS, D2L Brightspace etc will be available soon. IT admins can create, view or delete registration for the LTI app of their choice on Microsoft LMS Gateway. Currently, IT admins can register Microsoft Teams Classes LTI and Microsoft Teams Meetings LTI apps only. More LTI apps from Microsoft will be available on Microsoft LMS Gateway in the future. How can this benefit your organization Microsoft LMS Gateway is the one stop destination for admins to manage all their LTI apps from Microsoft for any compliant LMS. Once LTI apps are registered in Microsoft LMS gateway, you will be able to use them inside your LMS. What you need to do to prepare Users of Moodle LMS will be able to register Microsoft Teams LTI apps on Microsoft LMS Gateway. Documentation on how to use Microsoft LMS Gateway can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/lti/manage-microsoft-one-lti?view=o365-worldwide If you have any queries, please reach out to us at mailto:LmsGateway@microsoft.com Amit Manchanda Product Manager Microsoft EducationOnline Register for Classes with Analytics (ORCA) Project
Attendance and engagement monitoring is an important but exceptionally challenging process universities and colleges; especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, students attend both online synchronous and asynchronous courses around the world. Predictably, we need a sensible course monitoring system to facilitate teaching staff and learning administrators who set the curriculum to better manage students in their courses, not just during the pandemic. ORCA is a system that was created for this
