PyLTI 0.4.0

PyLTI provides Python Implementation of IMS LTI interface that works with edX

PyLTI - LTI done right

PyLTI:

Python implementation of LTI

Version:

0.4.0

Author:

MIT Office of Digital Learning

Homepage:

http://odl.mit.edu

License:

BSD

PyLTI is a Python implementation of the LTI specification [1]. It supports LTI 1.1.1 and LTI 2.0. While it was written with edX [2] as its LTI consumer, it is a complete implementation of the LTI specification and can be used with any learning management system that supports LTI.

A feature of PyLTI is the way it is used in the creation of an LTI tool. PyLTI is written as a library that exposes an API. This separation of concerns enables a developer to focus on the business logic of their tool and support of their framework of choice.

To demonstrate this usage, there are also a collection of example LTI tools written to support different Python web frameworks.

Framework	Example
Flask	mit_lti_flask_sample A skeleton example for the Flask framework that consumes the PyLTI library

Dependencies:

• Python 2.7+

• oauth 1.0.1+

• oauth2 1.5.211+

• httplib2 0.9+

Development dependencies:

• Flask 0.10.1

• httpretty 0.8.3

• oauthlib 0.6.3

• pyflakes 0.8.1

• pytest 2.6.3

• pytest-cache 1.0

• pytest-cov 1.8.0

• pytest-flakes 0.2

• pytest-pep8 1.0.6

• sphinx 1.2.3

Documentation is available on readthedocs.

Licensing

PyLTI is licensed under the BSD license, version January 9, 2008. See license.rst for the full text of the license.

Footnotes

[1]

The Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) specification is an initiative of IMS. Their site http://developers.imsglobal.org/ contains a description of LTI as well as the current LTI specification.

[2]

EdX offers interactive online classes and MOOCs from the world’s best universities. Online courses from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, UTx and many other universities. EdX is a non-profit online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and MIT. code.edx.org