Brightspace LTI 1.3 Admin Deployment Guide

Christina Guo
Dec 28, 2025
3 min read

Overview

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for deploying Little You 3D as an LTI 1.3 (Advantage) external learning tool in Brightspace. To make deployment and usage clearer, this guide includes persona-based instructions tailored to common roles involved in K–12 and higher education LMS integrations.

Little You 3D enables secure single sign-on (SSO) and contextual access for students and instructors directly from Brightspace. The tool supports launch in a new window (recommended) or embedded mode.

Personas & Responsibilities

1. District / LMS Administrator

Primary responsibilities:

Registering and configuring the LTI 1.3 tool
Managing security, permissions, and data sharing
Ensuring compliance with district IT and privacy requirements

This guide section applies to you:

Prerequisites
Tool registration
Security, permissions, and data sharing configuration
Troubleshooting

2. Instructor / Teacher

Primary responsibilities:

Adding Little You 3D to courses
Launching the tool for classroom use
Supporting students during initial access

This guide section applies to you:

Adding Little You 3D to courses
Recommended launch settings
Basic validation and testing

3. Student / Learner

Primary responsibilities:

Accessing Little You 3D from Brightspace
Designing and saving 3D creations

This guide section applies to you:

Student access expectations
Common access troubleshooting

Prerequisites

Before you begin, please ensure:

You have Brightspace administrator access
LTI 1.3 is enabled for your Brightspace instance
You have received the required LTI registration details from Little You 3D

Little You 3D will provide:

OIDC Login Initiation URL
Target Link URI (Launch URL)
Public JWK / Keyset URL
Deployment ID (if pre-generated)
Tool name and description

Step 1: Register the LTI 1.3 Tool

Log in to Brightspace as an administrator
Navigate to:Admin Tools → External Learning Tools → LTI Advantage
Click Register Tool
Select Standard Registration (or manual configuration if required)
Enter the registration details provided by Little You 3D:
- Tool Name: Little You 3D
- OIDC Login Initiation URL
- Target Link URI
- Keyset URL
Complete the registration and save

Step 2: Configure Security & Permissions

Open the newly registered Little You 3D tool
Confirm the following security settings are enabled:
- LTI 1.3 / OAuth 2.0 authentication
- Secure launch enabled
Under Roles / Permissions, enable access for:
- Learner (Student)
- Instructor (Teacher)
- Administrator (optional)

Step 3: Configure Data Sharing

Little You 3D follows a data minimization approach. Enable the following data sharing options:

User first and last name
User email address (if available)
User role (student / instructor)
Course/context identifiers

This information is used solely for authentication, role-based access, and associating activity with the correct course.

Step 4: Add Little You 3D to Courses

Recommended: Open in New Window

Go to a course
Select Content → Add Existing → External Learning Tools
Choose Little You 3D
Set the launch behavior to Open as External Resource (New Window)

Note: Opening in a new window is recommended to ensure consistent authentication behavior across browsers and devices.

Optional: Embedded Launch

Embedded launch is supported; however, some browsers may restrict third-party cookies, which can affect login behavior. If embedded launch is used, additional browser configuration may be required.