MNV Gateway is intended to be a central hub for Portfolio Companies to exchange data with institution Learning Management systems and, eventually, each other. Supported Gateway services and how to implement against them, as well as the business process associated with initial institution registration with the Gateway, will all be outlined here.

This documentation is intended to:

  • Provide technical implementation steps and examples for engineers
  • Provide user and data workflows for product teams
  • Outline business processes associated with out-of-band transactions

Vocabulary

  • JSON = Javascript Object Notation
  • LMS = Learning Management System (Blackboard, Moodle, Canvas etc...)
  • LTI = Learning Tools Interoperability
  • Out of Band Registration = A manual registration process that must be completed for each Tool Provider.
  • SSO = Single Sign On
  • TC = Tool Consumer (e.g. ** LMS **)
  • TP = Tool Provider (Sapling, Reef, Late Nite Labs etc...)

Supported Features

  • SSO / LTI Tool Launch
  • User Association
  • Grade Return

Supported Learning Management Systems

Learning Management System Version LTI Grade Return SSO Grades Push
Blackboard 9.1 sp14
Canvas -
D2L 10.1
Moodle 2.6
Sakai 2.9