LTI Advantage is the marketing and certification label used by 1EdTech to describe the complete LTI 1.3 ecosystem: the secure launch mechanism plus three optional services that together cover most of what a real educational tool integration needs. The three services are Deep Linking (allowing an instructor to browse and select specific content items from the tool and embed them in the LMS course), Names and Role Provisioning Services or NRPS (giving the tool access to the course roster and learner roles without a separate directory sync), and Assignment and Grade Services or AGS (allowing the tool to create grade line items and post scores back to the LMS gradebook). LTI 1.3 itself uses OpenID Connect for the launch authentication, replacing the insecure OAuth 1.0 signing of LTI 1.1, which was vulnerable to replay attacks. For a video platform seeking deep LMS integration, LTI Advantage certification means an instructor can select specific videos from inside the LMS course editor (Deep Linking), the platform knows exactly who is enrolled and in what role (NRPS), and quiz scores post automatically to the gradebook (AGS). All three capabilities work without custom per-LMS development, which dramatically reduces integration maintenance burden. Achieving LTI Advantage certification from 1EdTech requires passing a conformance test suite, which is worth doing if you sell into the higher-education or K-12 markets where Canvas, Moodle, and Blackboard are the dominant LMS platforms. Without formal certification, LMS administrators may decline to enable the tool for security policy reasons even if the technical implementation is correct.
The handbook · 7 volumes
Fora Soft Video Engineering Handbook
LTI Advantage adds deep linking, roster sync and grade passback on top of a basic launch, which is what LMS buyers now expect. We wrote seven volumes that cover the whole video stack; for LTI Advantage tools start with Volume 3, which covers players and in-player events, with Volume 1 on encoding and Volume 4 on accessibility. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
Upgrading your video tool to full LTI Advantage?
We will audit your LTI integration and give you an LTI Advantage plan covering Deep Linking, NRPS and AGS, with a test matrix across LMSs. 250+ video products shipped since 2005.
