Integrate Microsoft Teams classes and meetings within Moodle

This guide provides the IT admin steps for registering both Teams Classes and Teams Meetings LTI apps on Moodle.

For details on managing all LTI apps for any LMS, see Manage Microsoft LMS Gateway for any LMS.

Prerequisites before set up

For the integration between Moodle and Teams to function correctly, Moodle and Teams must be set up to communicate with one another.

Follow the instructions for installing and configuring the Moodle plugin.

Register Microsoft Teams LTI for use in Moodle

The person who performs this integration should be a Moodle administrator and a Microsoft 365 tenant administrator.

1. Visit Microsoft LMS Gateway and select the Go to registration portal button.

2. Sign in with a Microsoft 365 administrator account.

3. After signing in, select Add new registration.

4. Select either Teams Meetings LTI or Teams Classes LTI to register and then select Next.

5. Enter in an easily identifiable Registration name and select Moodle as the LMS platform. Select Next.

6. You'll be given a list of keys that need to be added to your Moodle site.

7. Open Moodle in another tab. Don't close the Microsoft LMS Gateway tab.

8. In Moodle, go to Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > External tools > Manage tools.

9. On the Manage tools page, select configure a tool manually.

10. Under Tool settings, enter in a Tool name like Microsoft Teams Classes. For LTI version, select LTI 1.3. For Public key type, select Keyset URL.

11. Next, copy the keys from Microsoft LTI keys to the corresponding tools inputs.

    1. Microsoft's Target link URL key goes into Moodle's Tool URL field.
    2. Microsoft's Open ID connection URL key goes into Moodle's Initiate login URL field.
    3. Microsoft's Redirect URL key goes into Moodle's Redirection URI(s) field.

12. Select Save changes.

13. The new tool should now appear in the Tools section of Moodle's Manage tools page. Select the list icon to view Tool configuration details.

14. Go back to the Microsoft LMS Gateway tab. Select Next to go to the LMS provided registration keys step.

15. Copy and paste the values from Moodle's Tool configuration details to Microsoft's LMS provided registration keys step.

    Paste the values as follows:

    On Moodle	On Microsoft LTI registration portal
    Platform ID	Issuer ID URL
    Client ID	Client ID
    Deployment ID	Deployment ID
    Public keyset URL	Keyset URL
    Access token URL	Access token URL
    Authentication request URL	Platform authentication URL

    Note

    Make sure that the public keyset URL isn't restricted by your network settings for requests originating from the Microsoft LMS Gateway.

    Select Next.

16. Review the Review and add page. If there are no errors, select Save and exit. You should see a message indicating successful registration.

You've completed registration of either the Teams Classes or Teams Meetings LTI app.

If you would like to add the other app too, repeat the steps above, selecting the other Teams LTI app in step 4.

Add Teams LTI apps to educators' Moodle courses

After registering Teams LTI apps, educators can add the Teams Classes app and the Teams Meetings app to their Moodle courses.

• Educator instructions on adding the Teams Classes app.
• Educator instructions on adding the Teams Meetings app.

Technical requirements to launch Teams LTI apps

To launch the Teams LTI apps within Moodle, there are a few technical requirements that need to be met.

Note

IT admins and educators can register LTI apps on the LTI apps registration portal.

IT admin technical requirements

• Use Moodle version 3.10 or above.
• Download the latest Microsoft O365 plugin for Moodle version 3.10 or above.
• Access the LTI apps registration portal to register the LTI apps.
  • Registration must be on completed on a desktop device.
• Download the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox.

Educator technical requirements

• Access the LTI apps registration portal to register the LTI apps, if the IT admin hasn't registered the apps.
  • Registration must be on completed on a desktop device.
• Download the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox.
• Teams LTI apps for Classes and Meetings in Moodle.

Student technical requirements

• Teams LTI apps for Classes and Meetings in Moodle.
  • Students don't need to take any actions to add the Teams Classes or Meetings LTI apps.