Quodl is available to be used as an external tool in Moodle through LTI.
To add Quodl as an external tool, follow these steps:
On the module page you are adding Quodl to, click settings (the gear icon in the top right corner), and click 'Turn Editing On'
This will bring up the editing options. Click 'Add an activity or resource'.
Then select 'External Tool' and click 'Add'.
From Preconfigured tool, select 'Quodl'. If Quodl is not in the list of apps, it will need to be preconfigured. Click the '+' next to the selection box and follow the steps to preconfigure a tool.
In the custom paramaters box, you'll need to add 'module=' and then the 4 character module ID that will identify this module on Quodl.
After this, click 'Save and display' and your link to Quodl should be added to the module page.
To display the leaderboard for a module in Moodle, follow the same steps above until you reach 'Add an activity or resource'. Then, select 'URL' from the 'resources' section
Then give your resource a name, and a url of:
https://cul-app-staging.herokuapp.com/#/, then your 4 character module ID, then /leaderboard.
Select an appearance Display of 'Embed', then click 'Save and return to course' and a link to this module's leaderboard will be available on the module page.
To set up Quodl as an external tool and allow it to be used by other people, follow the steps below:
Give the tool:
- a name (most likely 'Quodl')
- a url (https://cul-app-staging.herokuapp.com/lti)
- a consumer key: (cu-moodle)
- The shared secret (This will be provided in an email)
- A default launch container (New window)
- An icon url (https://cul-app-staging.herokuapp.com/assets/logo/Login_signup_icon.svg)
Then 'Save changes', and this tool will be available to add to modules.