Mercer | Mettl - Enable Examine LTI in Canvas

Enable Examine LTI in Canvas

Canvas is a web-based learning management system, or LMS. It is used by learning institutions, educators, and students to access and manage online course learning materials and communicate about skill development and learning achievement.

The demo video and the article explains how you may enable Examine in your Canvas LMS.


LTI Tool Setup  

  1. Login as System Admin and Click Admin > Your account name > Settings > Apps.

  1. Click on  View App Configurations.

  1. Click on the button showing the addition of an App.

  1. Name: Input the name of the tool.
  2. Consumer Key & Shared Secret: To be shared by your Mercer | Mettl Account Manager.
  3. Launch URL
    1. https://lms.mettl.com/lti/launch (For India server)
    2. https://lms.mettl.eu/lti/launch (For EU server)
  4. Set the Privacy as Public.
  5. Click on Submit.

Map an Assessment to a Course

  1. Please navigate to Canvas Dashboard and select a course.


  1. Navigate to the Assignment section and click on the button showcasing addition of assessment.



  1. Input Assignment name and other details. Please select Submission type as External tool. Go ahead and select External tool as tool that you created in previous steps and click on Load this tool in a new tab.



  1. Click on Save and publish.
  2. Return to the assignment and click on Load assignment in a new window.


  1. Click on Login as Test Creator to map an assessment to the course.


  1. Click on Add button in front of the assessment that you want to add to the particular course.



  1. Please select anti-cheating settings accordingly and proceed to click on Add to Course.



Take the Assessment as a Candidate

  1. Candidate can login into their Canvas dashboard and navigate to Assignments section.

  1. Click on Assignment Name and then on to Load assignment in a new window.

View the Score of the Candidate

  1. Navigate to Grades in Canvas dashboard to view the score of the candidate.






  1. For additional details, please navigate to course and then click on assignment. Please login as Support User and search by candidate's Email. You will be shown all the details along with the report link for the candidate.