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  2. MDL-82557

LTIs: now that you add directly from the activity/resource picker, the config page should reflect the chosen option

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      • Log in as an Admin.
      • Navigate to:
        Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > External tool > Manage tools.
      • Click Add preconfigured tool.
      • In the form:
        • Enter a value for Tool name.
        • Enter a value for Tool URL.
      • For the Tool configuration usage dropdown, select:
        • Show in activity chooser and as a preconfigured tool.
      • Click Save changes.
      • Go to any Course homepage and Turn editing on.
      • Click Add an activity or resource.
      • Locate and select the activity matching the Tool name you entered.
      • Verify that the Title of the form displays as:
        • "Adding a new [Tool name]".
      • If the [Tool name] is too long, verify that the displayed title truncates the Tool name to 42 characters (including spaces).
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      Log in as an Admin . Navigate to: Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > External tool > Manage tools . Click Add preconfigured tool . In the form: Enter a value for Tool name . Enter a value for Tool URL . For the Tool configuration usage dropdown, select: Show in activity chooser and as a preconfigured tool . Click Save changes . Go to any Course homepage and Turn editing on . Click Add an activity or resource . Locate and select the activity matching the Tool name you entered. Verify that the Title of the form displays as: "Adding a new [Tool name] " . If the [Tool name] is too long , verify that the displayed title truncates the Tool name to 42 characters (including spaces) .
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      As of Moodle 4.3, you now select the LTI tool directly in the file picker (rather than External Tool > [Tool ] > Config Tool).

      E.g. if you'll ignore our custom theme:

      However, after you select your LTI, the LTI config page, despite the tool being chosen, still uses the old generic title of "Adding a new External tool".

      Please could we title the page based on the selected tool instead?

      E.g. If I select a tool name, like "VitalSource Book", the config page becomes something like:

      • Adding a new VitalSource book
      • Adding a new VitalSource book (External tool)
      • Adding a new External tool (VitalSource book)

      Presumably there needs to be a maximum character limit for the page title than cuts it to size and adds ellipsis.

      This would make it more obvious to administrator/teacher adding the LTI instance that they have chosen the LTI they desired before pressing "Select content" (which can be very slow to open the third-party system).

      Although I am reporting this, and will add it to our backlog at The Open University (UK), sadly I don't think we'll get around to this before early- to mid- 2025. If anyone agrees that the generic title is unhelpful and wants to fix this before us, you are most welcome (and thank you in advance!)

            tlt84 Tai Le Tan
            oucnelson Chris Nelson
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