Math Placement Exam for Canvas

Manages math placement rubrics, calculates placement scores, displays info to student/instructors

Dev Setup

1. Install Grails 3.3.4

2. Create environment variables for application.yml properties

   canvas:
       oauthToken: '${CANVAS_API_TOKEN}'
       canvasBaseUrl: '${CANVAS_BASE_URL}'
       ltiSecret: '${MATH_PLACEMENT_SECRET}'
   
   environments:
       development:
           dataSources:
               dataSource:
                   username: '${DB_USERNAME}'
                   password: '${DB_PASSWORD}'

3. Build & Run: grails run-app

4. Install LTI in Canvas via XML Config

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <cartridge_basiclti_link xmlns="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/
   imslticc_v1p0"
      xmlns:blti = "http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsbasiclti_v1p0"
      xmlns:lticm ="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticm_v1p0"
      xmlns:lticp ="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticp_v1p0"
      xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation = "http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticc_v1p0
   http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/lti/ltiv1p0/imslticc_v1p0.xsd
      http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsbasiclti_v1p0 http://
   www.imsglobal.org/xsd/lti/ltiv1p0/imsbasiclti_v1p0.xsd
      http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticm_v1p0 http://
   www.imsglobal.org/xsd/lti/ltiv1p0/imslticm_v1p0.xsd
      http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imslticp_v1p0 http://
   www.imsglobal.org/xsd/lti/ltiv1p0/imslticp_v1p0.xsd">
      <blti:launch_url>https://<HOST>:8080/mathplacement/LTI/launch</blti:launch_url>
      <blti:title>Math Placement Tool</blti:title>
      <blti:description>Tool for calculating math placement scores</blti:description>
      <blti:extensions platform="canvas.instructure.com">
        <lticm:property name="privacy_level">public</lticm:property>
        <lticm:options name="course_navigation">
          <lticm:property name="default">enabled</lticm:property>
          <lticm:property name="enabled">true</lticm:property>
          <lticm:options name="custom_fields">
              <lticm:property name="membership_roles">$Canvas.membership.roles</lticm:property>
          </lticm:options>
        </lticm:options>
      </blti:extensions>
   </cartridge_basiclti_link>