Introduction
This tutorial will get you up and running with a development environment, complete with a virtual machine running an Apache 2 server with PHP, a basic LTI library written in PHP, and a simple basic LTI-compliant LMS. By the end of the tutorial, you will have written a simple “Hello, World!” LTI tool, and you will be ready to delve into the world of LTI coding. Please note that we assume you already have the following knowledge:
- An understanding of directories and files, and how to navigate through them using a terminal window on your operating system;
- How to install software packages on your operating system;
- An understanding of fundamental web concepts, such as HTML, CSS, HTTP requests, POST requests, etc.
- Some experience in setting up web servers;
- Basic knowledge of PHP;
- An understanding of basic LTI concepts and, in particular, the Basic LTI (v1.0) specifications.
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