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Exams and external tools

Before you start, you clarify whether you run exams in OpenOlat and which other systems you connect. Assessment management defines how exams run, the Safe Exam Browser secures them. The AI module enables the AI features, LTI connects courses to external applications and the REST API opens OpenOlat to other systems.

Terms of this station

Module

Assessment management

The management of assessment mode and assessment inspection.

Assessment management in detail

The management of assessment mode and assessment inspection. In the course it is the tool of the course administration with the two tabs assessment mode and assessment inspection. In the administration under e-Assessment it lists the assessment modes of all courses and holds the settings.

German: Prüfungsverwaltung

Not to be confused with Assessment tool: The assessment tool assesses performances, the assessment management sets exam windows and inspections.

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Integration

Safe Exam Browser

The connection to the Safe Exam Browser.

Safe Exam Browser in detail

The connection to the Safe Exam Browser. The assessment mode requires this browser and thereby locks every other program on the device during the exam.

German: Safe Exam Browser

What users call it: SEB

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Module

AI module

The module that manages the connection to AI services: which providers are available, which features are active, which model each feature uses and how many calls may run at the same time.

AI module in detail

The module that manages the connection to AI services: which providers are available, which features are active, which model each feature uses and how many calls may run at the same time. It provides no feature for learners itself but serves the features of other modules.

German: KI-Modul

What users call it: AI, artificial intelligence, LLM

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Standard

LTI

The Learning Tools Interoperability standard.

LTI in detail

The Learning Tools Interoperability standard. It connects a learning platform with an external application: the signed-in person needs no second sign-in there, and the application can report points back. OpenOlat is the platform when it embeds a tool in the course, and the tool when it provides a course or a group to another platform.

German: LTI

What users call it: Learning Tools Interoperability, LTI 1.3, LTI integration

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Module

REST API

A programming interface following the REST pattern.

REST API in detail

A programming interface following the REST pattern. Third-party systems use it to create accounts, courses and enrolments without going through the interface.

German: REST API

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Read up

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External tools: overview

After the installation, the settings are in the system administration under:
Administration > e-Assessment > Assessment management
Administration > External tools
Administration > Core functions > REST API

Your customer advisor at frentix supports you with the setup through support and coaching.

Deepen once the installation is running

The installation is running. Now the things that did not matter at the start pay off: the terms of this station have parts and settings that control the installation more precisely.

Further information

Mentioned on this page
Assessment tool - overview >
Assessment Management: Overview >
How do I prepare an exam with the Safe Exam Browser (SEB)? >
External tools: AI module >
LTI 1.3 Integrations >
REST API >
External Tools: Overview >
e-Assessment Administration: Assessment management >
LTI - External Platforms >
LTI - External tools >
LTI - Deep Linking >

Further reading
e-Assessment Administration: Overview >
Life cycles - Overview >
Reports: Overview >
Glossary >

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