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LTI stands for Learning Tools Interoperability and is an integration standard for third party tools. D2L Brightspace and Blackboard support LTI tools, which allow third-party solutions and data to be easily integrated and used within these platforms.
What LTI Tools are available?
The following tools are installed system wide:
- Ally
- BryteWave
- Cengage Learning
- Examsoft (Available to only M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing)
- Explorance Blue
- Follett
- LinkedIn Learning (Blackboard Only)
- MacMillan Learning
- McGraw Hill Connect
- McGraw Hill SIMnet
- Mediasite
- OneDrive
- OneNote
- Pearson MyLab & Mastering
- Persuall
- Piazza
- Poll Everywhere
- Respondus 4.0
- Respondus Lockdown Browser
- Respondus Studymate
- VISTA Higher Learning
- VoiceThread
- W.W. Norton
- WileyPlus
- Willow
- Yellowdig
- Zoom
Note: Some schools also have other technologies not listed above that are available for their faculty to use.
How do I request a new LTI Tool be added to Brightspace and Blackboard?
Complete the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) Request Form.
The installation of new tools will happen prior to the start of a term (unless there is an urgent need) to minimize disruption to users.
Note: There is a six-week moratorium on approved LTI installations: four weeks prior to the first day of classes through two weeks after the first day of classes.
What concerns are there about LTI tools?
- FERPA/Data Privacy
- Security
- Legal and contractual obligations
- Cost and licensing compliance
- Level of installation (some tools can only be installed system wide while others can be installed at the school or course level)
- Copyright/ownership of content and how content may be used by the vendor
- Terms of Service/License Agreements (which may be between an institution and the vendor or between individual users and the vendor)
- Accessibility - VPAT
How are these concerns addressed?
Information technology-based services and solutions must be appropriately assessed for managing the risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive data and systems. To that end, Villanova University has adopted Educause’s Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit (HECVAT) as part of its Vendor Risk Management process. We require Vendors to complete a HEVCAT along with other relevant Information Security requirements to facilitate the TPRM (3rd-party risk management) review.
We also request that vendors complete a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) so we can review tools for accessibility compliance. Vendors can also provide us their current VPAT statement.
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