Moodle LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3 migration FAQ for admins

Why does our institution need to migrate from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3?

As part of Turnitin's commitment to providing the best customer experience and helping you get the most out of our solutions, we are encouraging our customers who have LTI 1.1 currently integrated in Moodle to move to LTI 1.3. This move provides additional security improvements as well as additional enhancements such as easier assignment creation and better grade pass back service.

It is important to remember that there is not a hard deadline to move to LTI 1.3 and LTI 1.1 will still be supported by both Moodle and Turnitin in the near future. If you have any other Turnitin integrations installed in your Moodle environment (i.e. Plagiarism Plugin or Direct V2), this move does not affect them.

To learn more about LTI 1.3, please click here. To see a comparison of the integrations that we offer to our Moodle customers that use Feedback Studio and their functions, click here.

What are the end of support dates?

There are no end of support dates for LTI 1.1 by either Turnitin or Moodle in the near future. As such, you can change your integration when it works best for your school and academic schedule.

What do we need to do first as an LMS Administrator?

Step 1: Login to your Moodle environment as an admin. Navigate to Site Administration > Plugins > Activity Modules > Manage Activities > External Tool > Manage External Tools. Then click on the gear sign to open your existing LTI 1.1 integration. Scroll down to locate the Consumer Key. This is your Turnitin account id.
Step 2: Login to turnitin.com (or turnitinuk.com) as the Turnitin admin and locate the account id that is linked to your Moodle LTI 1.1 integration. Click on the Configured button for that account id and then click the LTI 1.3 button (LTI 1.1 should already be highlighted).
Step 3: Set up the LTI 1.3 integration using these directions. If you are setting up the LTI 1.3 integration in test or staging, we do not recommend using the same Turnitin account id for both test or staging and production environments. You do, however, need to use the SAME account ID for your LTI 1.3 integration that you used for your LTI 1.1 integration in production so that you have access to your past LTI 1.1 assignments.

As we communicate information to the Turnitin admins over the next year, this document may be useful in assisting in the transition from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3. It includes advice on vetting the integration with your Cybersecurity or IT Department as needed, testing the integration before launching it in production, and communicating to stakeholders what changes they can expect in their classes.

Is it possible to run both the LTI 1.1 integration and the LTI 1.3 integration at the same time while we transition?

Because the LTI 1.1 integration is changed to an LTI 1.3 integration, there is no need to run the integrations at the same time.

Please be aware that if submissions were made to an LTI 1.1 assignment but were not graded yet, after the transition to LTI 1.3, the grades given to those submissions will not pass to the gradebook. For submissions made to that same assignment after the transition to LTI 1.3, those grades will pass back. As such, it is recommended that all grading of past LTI 1.1 assignments be completed before transitioning. Instructors can go into the Moodle gradebook and manually enter in grades if needed.

How does this change affect Turnitin LTI 1.1 assignments in past courses?

Instructors and students will still have access to past LTI 1.1 assignments.

How does this affect new Turnitin LTI 1.3 assignments created in current courses?

Because the LTI 1.3 integration is deep linking, creating the Turnitin assignment via the Add an activity or resource is a more streamlined process (resulting in less clicking and duplication of assignment information in both Turnitin and Moodle). Information on how to create an LTI 1.3 assignment can be found here.

What are the enhancements that instructors will gain with LTI 1.3?

Easier assignment creation workflow
Overall improved user interface for you (and your students)
Updated paper deletion request workflow
Access to assignment level insights within the LTI inbox including robust Assignment Analytics and Document Flags

What changes to existing workflows do my instructors need to be aware of?

There is no change to the existing workflow for users.

Please note that dropped or deactivated students will be removed from the Turnitin assignment inbox. They will also be dropped from the course via turnitin.com (or turnitinuk.com). If you or an instructor needs to see a submission made by students that have been dropped from a course, please contact Turnitin Support.

How does this affect Turnitin LTI 1.1 assignments that have been copied from past courses into current courses?

Past LTI 1.1 assignments will become LTI 1.3 assignments when the integration is updated. As such, when they are copied to another course, they will be LTI 1.3 assignments. Please refer to these guides for using Turnitin assignment copy and for LMS course copy recommendations.

What happens to my QuickMarks, rubrics, and PeerMark questions that they created?

Your QuickMarks, rubrics and grading forms, and PeerMark questions that have been saved will be available to you for your new LTI 1.3 assignments. You can also export QuickMarks and rubrics and grading forms and import them as needed. Below are links for doing that:

Exporting QuickMark Sets

Importing QuickMark Sets

Exporting rubrics and grading forms

Importing rubrics and grading forms

If there is an issue with accessing them, please contact Turnitin support for assistance.