Enabling Names and Role Provisioning Service in LTI Pro

Learn how to enable the Names and Role Provisioning Service (NRPS) for Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace, and Schoology.

This article covers:

How to enable NRPS for Canvas

  1. Sign in to Canvas.
  2. Click Admin, then click Developers Keys.
  3. Click + Developer Key, then click + LTI Key.
  4. Click LTI Advantage services.
  5. Enable Can retrieve user data associated with the context the tool is installed in.
  6. Click Save.

How to enable NRPS for Moodle

  1. Sign in to Moodle as an admin.
  2. Click Site Administration, then click Plugins.
  3. Click Manage tools.
  4. Scroll to your LTI tool.
  5. Next to the tool, click the Settings icon.
  6. Navigate to Services.
  7. For IMS LTI Names and Role Provisioning, select Use this service to retrieve members' information as per privacy settings.
  8. Navigate to Privacy.
  9. For Share launcher’s name with tool and Share launcher’s email with tool, select Always.
  10. Click Save.

How to enable NRPS for Blackboard

  1. Sign in to Blackboard as a course admin.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Admin.
  3. Under Integrations, click LTI Tool Providers.
  4. Next to your LTI 1.3 tool, click the down arrow button.
  5. In the new menu, click Edit.
  6. Under Institution Policies, select Yes for Allow Membership Services Access.
  7. Click Save.

How to enable NRPS for Brightspace

  1. Sign in to D2L/Brightspace as admin.
  2. Click the Settings icon.
  3. Click Manage Extensibility.
  4. Click the LTI Advantage tab.
  5. Locate and click on your LTI app from Zoom.
  6. Under Extensions, enable Names and Role Provisioning Services.
  7. Click Save.
  8. Return to the Brightspave home page and click Settings.
  9. Click External Learning Tools.
  10. Click the LTI Advantage tab.
  11. Locate and click on your LTI app for Zoom
  12. Under Extensions, enable Names and Role Provisioning Services.
  13. Under Security Settings, enable Classlist including users not known to this deployment.
  14. Click Save.

How to enable the NRPS for Schoology

  1. Sign in to Schoology as an admin.
  2. Click the square  icon on top.
  3. Click App Center.
  4. Click My Developer Apps.
  5. Find your app.
  6. Click Options, then Edit.
  7. Under LTI Advantage Extensions, enable Names and Role Services.
  8. Click Save.