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Establishing a Forage LMS Integration for Moodle Platform

Emily Svrcek (Sentz)
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Moodle (LTI 1.3) Setup Instructions

Below are step-by-step instructions for Moodle administrators to integrate with Forage after the account has been activated by Forage Admins.

Step 1: Generate Registration URL (Forage)

  1. Log into Forage for Educators as an Admin: https://educator.theforage.com/
  2. Go to LMS Integrations → Add Integration
  3. Copy the Registration URL

Step 2: Register the Tool in Moodle (Admin)

This flow matches the screen recording (Moodle “Manage tools” → Add LTI Advantage).

  1. Log into Moodle as a Site Administrator
  2. Go to Site administration
  3. Navigate to Plugins → Activity modules → External tool → Manage tools
  4. In Add tool, paste the Forage Tool URL (example shown in recording: https://qa-lti-dev-delta1.theforage.com/xxx)
  5. Click Add LTI Advantage
  6. In the tool list, find the newly created tool (it show as Pending)

 

  1. Click the tool’s Edit (pencil) icon to review/update the LTI 1.3 configuration:
    • Confirm LTI version = LTI 1.3
    • Verify the Client ID is populated
    • Verify:
      • Public key type = Keyset URL
      • Public keyset (JWKS) URL
      • Initiate login URL
      • Redirection URI(s)

    • Set Tool configuration usage to Show in activity chooser and as a preconfigured tool

  2. Click Save changes
  3. Click Activate to activate the integration

Step 3: Add Forage to a Course (Instructor)

  1. Navigate to the desired Moodle course
  2. Turn Edit mode on
  3. In the target course section, click Add an activity or resource
  4. Select External tool
  5. In the tool selector, choose the preconfigured Forage tool

   6. Click Select Content to open the content selection popup

  1. Select the Forage resource to embed
  2. Click Save and return to course
  3. Launch the activity to verify access, then set visibility so learners can access it

Step 4: Consume Forage Content (Student)

A. Open the Forage activity from your Moodle course

  1. Log in to Moodle and open Dashboard (or My courses).
  2. Click the course where the Forage activity was added.
  3. Go to the topic/week section where your instructor added the activity.
  4. Click the Forage activity link (created as an External tool activity).

B. Moodle launches Forage

  1. Moodle launches the tool and you may see a brief loading/redirect.
  2. Forage opens embedded in Moodle.

C. First-time vs returning access

  1. If this is your first time launching Forage via Moodle, you will be asked to create a Forage account.
  2. If you have launched before, you should be signed in automatically and taken back to the relevant Forage content.

D. Start and complete the Forage content

  1. You will land on the Forage experience your instructor selected during setup.
  2. Click Start (first attempt) or Continue (if you have already begun).
  3. Work through the simulation/content steps and submit responses as prompted.
  4. Your progress is saved in Forage as you go.

E. Resume later  

  1. To resume, return to the Moodle course and click the same Forage (External tool) activity again.
  2. Forage opens and you can continue where you left off (or see completion status if finished).

F. (Optional) Grades/status in Moodle

  1. If grade return is enabled, Forage may send completion and/or a score back to Moodle.
  2. You may see the result reflected in Moodle under Grades (timing can vary).

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