Module External page
In the module External page you define whether authors can use the course element "External Page" in their courses and whether it passes on data about users to the embedded page. System administrators open the module in the system administration under:
Administration > Modules > External page
frentix recommends keeping domains separate
The course element "External Page" displays content of a foreign domain inside your OpenOlat domain. Based on modern security considerations, frentix recommends not to mix different domains and therefore advises against the use of this course element.
A domain is the internet address under which a page is delivered: your OpenOlat instance runs under its own address, the embedded page under a different one.
This course element does not use a separate address for content, even if one is set up: it displays the foreign page directly or via the main address of your OpenOlat instance.
For external applications, the course element "LTI Page" is intended. If a website only has to be reachable, the Link list is sufficient.
Enabled (module activated)
With the switch "Enabled", you as a system administrator decide whether the "External Page" course element is available to authors. In a new installation it is switched off. The update to release 20.1 enables it in every case, so that existing courses continue to work unchanged.
Which page an author embeds is their own decision. The module only defines whether the course element is available.
Existing course elements continue to work after the module is switched off
After the module is switched off, authors can no longer insert new "External Page" course elements. Existing course elements can no longer be configured in the course editor, but they remain visible to participants and continue to call up the external page. If they are no longer to be used, remove them in the courses concerned.
Sharing of user data
For some learning scenarios, the embedded page needs to know who is calling it. For this, the "External Page" course element can transmit data about the current account to the external system in the HTTP header of the request: username, email, first name, last name and the user's current IP address.
With the checkbox "Sharing of user data allowed" you define whether OpenOlat transmits this data. The setting applies to all courses of your instance. frentix recommends to leave the sharing switched off.
Further information
Mentioned on this page
Course Element "LTI Page" >
Course Element "Link list" >
Further reading
Course Element "External Page" >
Modules: Overview >