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Integrate Microsoft Reflect LTI with Moodle

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Microsoft Reflect is a wellbeing app designed to foster connection, expression, and learning by promoting self-awareness, empathy, and emotional growth.

Reflect LTI integration with Moodle is designed in compliance with the latest Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards, ensuring strong security and straightforward installation within your Moodle site.

Integrate Reflect into Moodle to create impactful check-ins, gain wellbeing insights, and build a happier, healthier learning community.

One-time setup by administrator

Note

This section provides IT admins steps for registering the Reflect LTI app for Moodle.

The person performing this initial registration should be an administrator of the Moodle site and Microsoft 365 tenant.

  1. Sign in with a Microsoft 365 administrator account to the Microsoft LTI Registration Portal.

  2. Select Add new registration.

  3. Select Microsoft Reflect and then select Next.

  4. Enter a friendly Registration name like Reflect for Moodle and select Moodle as the LMS platform. Select Next.

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

  6. Open your Moodle site in another tab. Don't close the Microsoft LTI portal tab.

  7. On Moodle, navigate to Site administration > Plugins and select External tool then Manage tools.

  8. Select Configure a tool manually and enter the values listed in the table:

    Field on Moodle Value
    Tool name Microsoft Reflect
    Tool URL https://reflect.microsoft.com/app
    LTI version LTI 1.3
    Initiate login URL Copy the Open ID connection URL value from Microsoft LTI keys.
    Redirection URI(s) Copy the Redirect URL value from Microsoft LTI keys.

  9. Select the Save changes button.

  10. In the Tools section, on the new Microsoft Reflect tile, select the View configuration details icon to view a modal with the configuration details for the Microsoft LTI portal.

  11. On the Microsoft LTI portal tab, select Next to navigate to LMS provided registration keys. Enter the values listed in the table:

    Field on Microsoft LTI registration portal Value
    Issuer ID URL Copy the Platform ID value from Moodle tool configuration details.
    Client ID Copy the Client ID value from Moodle tool configuration details.
    Keyset URL Copy the Public keyset URL value from Moodle tool configuration details.
    Platform authentication URL Copy the Authentication request URL value from Moodle tool configuration details.
    Deployment ID Copy the Deployment ID value from Moodle tool configuration details.
    Access token URL Copy the Access token URL value from Moodle tool configuration details.

  12. Select Next in the Microsoft LTI registration portal tab.

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

Reflect is now installed and ready to use on your Moodle site after teachers add it to their courses.

Add Reflect to a course as the course teacher

Important

After the initial setup of Reflect as an LTI external tool in your Moodle site, course teachers need to add it to their courses to use it with their students.

  1. On Moodle, navigate to your course and in the course navigation, select More > LTI External tools.
  2. Find Microsoft Reflect and turn on the Show in activity chooser toggle.
  3. Navigate back to the course, ensure you are in Edit mode, and select Add an activity or resource in the General section.
  4. Search for Microsoft Reflect and select it.
  5. Enter Microsoft Reflect as the Activity name.
  6. Select Save and return to course.

Reflect is now installed and ready to use in your course by both teachers and students.

Ongoing use by course teachers and students

  1. After the initial course setup, teachers and students will find a link to Reflect in the General section.
  2. On their first access, they need to sign in using their Microsoft account to get started.
  3. Course teachers can create and share check-ins.
  4. Once check-ins are created, course students can access and respond to them by navigating to their Reflect link.

Tip

Explore the Educator Toolkit for resources that can help educators bring the magic of Reflect to students and share it with peers.

  • Cookies should be allowed for Microsoft Reflect.
  • Popups shouldn't be blocked for Microsoft Reflect.

Note

Cookies aren't allowed by default in the Chrome browser incognito mode and will need to be allowed.

Microsoft Reflect LTI works in the private mode in Microsoft Edge browser. Ensure that you haven't blocked cookies, which are allowed by default.