IMS Learning Tools Interoperability (IMS LTI) is a standard specification that allows the integration of rich learning applications into learning environments. Its main goal is to enhance a transparent relationship between subsystems within a learning environment where the users could be authorized to use external tools in a secure way. Since HUBzero has the ability to run simulations, model evaluation and the integration with other platforms across its plugins and components, this paper shows a solution developed at EAFIT University that allows any educational institution to integrate Moodle (an LMS) with HUBzero using LTI, allowing the users of Moodle to use the tools provided by HUBzero without a formal registration.

It was implemented as a plugin for the HUBzero platform to which the plugin is integrated, and the services are exposed as an API for the LMS to consume, achieving a fluent user experience between the two systems.

Juan Guillermo Lalinde Pulido

Juan Lalinde has a BS in Computer Science, a BS in Mathematics and a PhD in Telecomunications. He is a professor at EAFIT University in Medellin, Colombia, South America, and is the Scientific Director of Apolo, the Scientific Computing Center at the same university. He has been a visiting researcher at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) and Purdue University.

HUBzero Foundation

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Juan Pineda; Juan Guillermo Lalinde; Ruben Espinosa Roldan; Esteban Alarcón (2016), "A plugin for integration between moodle and hubzero using IMS LTI," https://help.hubzero.org/resources/1521.

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1. hubbub
2. hubzero
3. 2015