LTI Consumer XBlock

This XBlock implements the consumer side of the LTI specification enabling integration of third-party LTI provider tools.

Installation

Install the requirements into the python virtual environment of your edx-platform installation by running the following command from the root folder:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Enabling in Studio

You can enable the LTI Consumer XBlock in Studio through the advanced settings.

1. From the main page of a specific course, navigate to Settings -> Advanced Settings from the top menu.
2. Check for the advanced_modules policy key, and add "lti_consumer" to the policy value list.
3. Click the "Save changes" button.

Workbench installation and settings

Install to the workbench's virtualenv by running the following command from the xblock-lti-consumer repo root with the workbench's virtualenv activated:

$ make install

Running tests

From the xblock-lti-consumer repo root, run the tests with the following command:

$ make test

Running code quality check

From the xblock-lti-consumer repo root, run the quality checks with the following command:

$ make quality

Compiling Sass

This XBlock uses Sass for writing style rules. The Sass is compiled and committed to the git repo using:

$ make compile-sass

Changes to style rules should be made to the Sass files, compiled to CSS, and committed to the git repository.

Package Requirements

setup.py contains a list of package dependencies which are required for this XBlock package. This list is what is used to resolve dependencies when an upstream project is consuming this XBlock package. requirements.txt is used to install the same dependencies when running the tests for this package.

Downloading translations from Transifex

If you want to download translations from Transifex install transifex client and run this command while inside project root directory

$ tx pull -f --mode=reviewed -l en,ar,es_419,fr,he,hi,ko_KR,pt_BR,ru,zh_CN

License

The LTI Consumer XBlock is available under the Apache Version 2.0 License.