LTI is a learning content standard, also known as: Learning Tools Interoperability.
The LTI documentation is managed by 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.), and was last updated in 2019.
The LTI specification is mostly used within the education sector. It allows content providers to deliver their materials to institutional learning platforms without requiring any specific single-sign-on or user provisioning integrations.
It’s rarely used in the corporate sector, unfortunately.
Strengths
- The provider system doesn't need to know about the user in advance
Limitations
- Can make an awkward user experience if the consumer and provider systems' user interfaces are not well matched
- The amount of data passed back to the provider system is quite limited
- Each resource from a provider needs its own link setup within the consumer system