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Release Notes


June 28, 2022
  • FIXED The tool_platform_claim#guid field is now a string as it should be.


April 15, 2022
  • FIXED OIDC Authorization Request now supports a POST in addition to GET request.


June 7, 2021
  • FIXED Deep Linking login initiation now includes client_id and lti_deployment_id

  • FIXED The api access token expiration is now 60 minutes instead of 5 minutes


November 19, 2020
  • FIXED Skip sending .json as part of tool score POST


September 16, 2020
  • FIXED Nonce is carried through OIDC flow into LtiDeepLinkingRequest


June 17, 2020
  • FIXED Tool now requests additional scope for scores (AGS)


May 23, 2020
  • FIXED Change resourceLinkId in line items API to string from integer

  • FIXED AGS claim no longer returns lineitem claim when multiple line items exist

  • NEW Adds support for the new IMS LTI Proctoring Service. This is a different set of message types for launches.

  • FIXED When checking access token, RI now correctly returns a 401 vs 422

  • NEW Allow existing parameters on login initiation url to be carried through OIDC flow


March 27, 2020
  • FIXED Fixed typo in several locations - nprs vs nrps


March 21, 2020
  • FIXED Updated primary instructions for corrections.

  • NEW Adds a Tool Key Set URL which is an alternate way for a Platform to get a Tool's public key.

  • NEW Added a new field for Platforms to accept a Tool's Key Set URL, which will be prefered for use even if a public key is provided manually. If a Tool Key Set URL is not provided, it will fall back to the manually provided public key.

  • NEW Now hosted on GKE (Google Cloud), while we expect no issues with this change there may be some edge cases.

  • NEW Updated many dependencies and Ruby + Rails versions, also expect no issues due to this.


March 18, 2020
  • NEW Added full error messages, in deployed version also, to make troubleshooting easier.


August 16, 2019
  • NEW Added guid (required) to tool platform claim.

  • FIXED Remove lti11_legacy_user_id claim.

  • NEW Added optional lti_deployment_id to Platform Initiating Login request.

  • NEW Added optional client_id to Platform Initiating Login request.

  • FIXED Use port for Tool request back to Platform back during 1.1.2 security patch request. (Issue 38)

  • FIXED NRPS request from Tool should set Accept header, not Content-type to application/vnd.ims.lti-nprs.v2.membershipcontainer+json. (Issue 35)

  • FIXED Platform AGS results should only return one result per line item per user. (Issue 31)

  • FIXED Platform NRPS now responsds with full URI for role vs simple name (http://purl.imsglobal.org/vocab/lis/v2/membership#Learner vs learner).

  • NEW Remove presentation from LTI DL ltiResourceLink.

  • NEW Added text, available startDateTime + endDateTime, and submission endDateTime to DL ltiResourceLink example.

  • NEW Added GET option for Tool when sending request back to Platform during 1.1.2 flow.


August 13, 2018
  • NEW Accept and handle custom attributes inside Deep Linking flow.

  • FIXED Updated RI login links for consistency across the site.


June 28, 2018
  • NEW Added ability to send Resource Link Launch w/o PII

  • NEW Added license for RI source code


June 25, 2018
  • FIXED Deployment id will now populate in LTI request

  • FIXED Update custom claim purl url based on config


June 18, 2018
  • FIXED Updated LTI version claim value to 1.3.0 vs LTI-1p3

  • FIXED Context ID + Resource Link ID in claims - now strings vs integer.


June 08, 2018
  • NEW Added footer w appropiate links.


June 07, 2018
  • NEW Added access token URL to Platform card.

  • NEW Added well-known jwk URL to Platform keys card.


June 06, 2018
  • NEW Added authentication / authorization to RI to unlock LTI Advantage service functionality.


June 04, 2018
  • NEW Added message about membership / availability of features to top of page.


May 29, 2018
  • NEW Added changelog page

  • FIXED Updated claims and scopes urls to match updated versions from specs.


LILI 2018
  • NEW Initial Release with Tool, Platform and Keygen.