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Learn@Illinois Moodle - Adding the Moodle LTI to a Canvas Site

For a permanent link to this information, please use: https://go.illinois.edu/AddMoodleLTI

We are excited to transition to an automated, self-service process to add the Moodle LTI to your Canvas course sites. Since ATLAS TLT staff will no longer need to create and link your LTIs manually, your content will be available faster, and our staff can spend more time assisting you. 

Below we have three sets of instructions for three scenarios for adding the Moodle LTI:

  • New to the LTI: For Canvas courses that have not used the Moodle LTI before.
  • Course Reuse: For Canvas courses that have already used the Moodle LTI in a previous version and wish to reuse the same content.
  • Adding Additional Content: When you already have a Canvas site using the individual activity LTI, but you wish to add a new Moodle activity to it.

We are happy to assist with any part of this process, just email us at atlas-tlt@illinois.edu. 

   

New to the LTI

For Canvas courses that have not used the Moodle LTI before.

  1. Request a Canvas site at https://go.illinois.edu/sra.

  2. Once you have your Canvas site, click Create a new Module or + Module.

    An empty Canvas course site.

  3. Give your module a name and click Add Module.

    Adding a title to a new module.

  4. Click the plus icon in the upper right corner of the new module to add content.

    Indicates the plus icon in a module.

  5. Select External Tool from the drop-down menu.

    Drop-down menu, where external tool is selected.

  6. Scroll down and click Moodle.

    List of external tools available in Canvas, with Moodle selected.

  7. Click on the link to the Course Request Application.

    A message lets the user know that there is not a Moodle course yet for this Canvas site and that they should click the link to the Course Request System.

  8. Follow the prompts to create your Moodle site. You can either create a blank site (see note below) or import content from a previous Moodle site. 

  9. Once you get the confirmation email that your course has been created, navigate back to your Canvas site and repeat steps 3-5.

  10. Now, after you select the Moodle external tool, the LTI Picker will display a list of your available content. Select the LTI content you wish to add.

    1. IMPORTANT: If you want to use the entire course LTI, ONLY select the checkboxes next to the bolded title of the course. DO NOT select any individual activities.

      List of available Moodle content, with the course title selected.

    2. IMPORTANT: If you want to use the individual activity LTI, DO NOT select the checkboxes next to the bolded title of the course. ONLY select the activities you wish to add.

      List of the available content, with the activities themselves selected.

      1. Note: If you requested a blank site and wish to use individual activities, please navigate to the LTI.Learn URL provided in the Course Request Application. Create your activities there, then go back to the LTI Picker in Canvas.

  11. After making your selection, click Add content, then Add item on the next page. You will then see your Moodle content in the module.

    Button that says Add content.

    Button that says Add Item.

  12. If you have any quizzes using ProctorU, be sure to follow our guide here to set them up properly: https://go.illinois.edu/MoodleLTIProctorU

Please note that you must launch the Course Request System from each individual Canvas course in order for the requested content to be connected to that Canvas site. Do not navigate to the Course Request homepage and submit requests for additional courses from there.

Most Common: Course Reuse

For Canvas courses that have already used the Moodle LTI in a previous version and wish to reuse the same content.

  1. Request a Canvas site at https://go.illinois.edu/sra.

  2. Click on Import Existing Content on the right-hand side of your blank Canvas site.

    Blank Canvas course, indicating the button on the right side that says Import Existing Content.

  3. Select Copy a Canvas Course from the drop-down menu.

    Option to import content, with Copy a Canvas Course selected.

  4. Enter the name of the Canvas course you wish to copy into the “Search for a course” field, and select the one you want.

    Indicating the text box where the user searches for their past Canvas course they wish to copy.

  5. Choose if you want to import all content, or select content. Adjust events and due dates if needed.

    Options to select all or some content, as well as shift dates.

  6. Click Add to Import Queue. You will see a progress bar indicating the import progress.

    Button that says Add to Import Queue.

    Progress bar indicating the import progress.

  7. Once it completes, navigate back to the Modules page, and click into the LTI content.

    Canvas course with imported content.

  8. The LTI content will take a few minutes to be created, depending on the size of your course. In the meantime, you can navigate back to the Modules and rename or reorganize your content.

    Message that says that content is being prepared and to come back in a few minutes.

    Shows the Moodle content after it is ready, example of a sample Moode quiz.

Adding Additional Content

When you already have a Canvas site using the individual activity LTI, but you wish to add a new Moodle activity to it. If the activity already exists in the Moodle course, skip straight to step 6.

  1. Click into one of your current LTI activities in your Canvas site.

  2. Click on your profile icon in the upper right of the embedded content, and select Open in New Tab. This will take you to LTI.Learn, the Moodle server where your content is hosted.

    Drop-down menu when user clicks on their profile icon, displaying a menu with Open in New Tab selected.

  3. Navigate to the main page of your Moodle course.

    Indicating where to click to return to the Moodle course page.

  4. Add the new content to your Moodle site.

  5. Navigate back to your Canvas site.

  6. Click the plus icon in the upper right corner of a module to add content.

    Canvas content, indicating the plus icon to add more content.

  7. Select External Tool from the drop-down menu.

    Drop-down menu, with External Tool selected.

  8. Scroll down and click Moodle.

    List of external tools, with Moodle selected.

  9. Select the LTI content you wish to add.

    1. IMPORTANT: If you are using the individual activity LTI, DO NOT select the checkbox next to the bolded title of the course. ONLY select the activities you wish to add.

      LTI Picker with individual activities selected.

  10. Click Add content, then Add item on the next page.

    Button that says Add content.

    Button that says Add Item.

 


Keywords:
Moodle Canvas LTI 
Doc ID:
151526
Owned by:
ATLAS-TLT in University of Illinois LAS
Created:
2025-06-05
Updated:
2025-06-12
Sites:
University of Illinois Liberal Arts and Sciences