How to Use an External Tool to Add Resource Bank Content into Moodle

This guide walks you through the process of adding content from the Resource Bank into your Moodle course using the LTI External Tool.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Open Your Moodle Course

Navigate to the course where you want to add the Resource Bank content.
In the top-right corner, click "Turn editing on."

2. Add an External Tool

Choose the section of the course where you'd like to add the resource.
Click “Add an activity or resource.”
In the pop-up window, scroll or search under “All” for External tool, and select it.

3. Configure the External Tool

Enter a name for the activity (e.g., "Resource Bank Activity").

From the dropdown menu next to “Preconfigured tool,” select Resource Bank.
Click “Save and display.”

You will now see the Resource Bank interface. This screen displays collections of educational content that you can explore and embed into your course.

Search, Browse, Preview, and Select Content to add to your course

After you select your desired course and add the External Tool to view your Collections, the steps below apply to Collections, Items, and Groups. Here we will focus on Collections

In My Collections, you can:

Select the desired collection and browse or filter results by Subject, and Material type.
Search Resources by keywords. (Note that you must be in the My Items tab or the My Group tab to search for content in My Items or My Groups, respectively.)
Preview the content.
Choose Select to embed the content in your course.

Do I need an existing account on this site to use the LTI Tool?

When a course instructor launches the LTI tool, a new account will be automatically generated if the instructor doesn't already have one. This gives the Instructor access to all Featured Collections.

If I do have an existing account on this site, how do I connect it to my Moodle account?

If a user has previously created an account on the platform, and then later launches the LTI Tool in the LMS, the user will be asked for a one-time identity verification to confirm linking their accounts. The user should click the Link Accounts button to verify their identity.

For example, the user will see a message that looks similar to the message below:

How do Students Access Content?

Account information for student users is not collected or stored. Instead, students have view-only access to content that their instructors have embedded in Moodle courses.