# Open edX as an LTI provider with Canvas

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/open-edx-as-an-lti-provider-with-canvas/10014>\
**Category:** Site Operators\
**Tags:** lti\
**Created:** [May 3, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/open-edx-as-an-lti-provider-with-canvas/10014 "2023-05-03T21:20:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![sambapete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/sambapete/32/4100_2.png) [@sambapete](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/sambapete)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/open-edx-as-an-lti-provider-with-canvas/10014/2 "2023-05-04T02:17:14Z")

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We do. We have been using it for years.

We serve contents from our Open edX instance to a few Moodle instances on campus through LTI.

To be honest, it has been described as experimental in the documentation for years. I wish the old documentation from previous releases was still accessible so that I could point out the “warning” in the LTI Provider section.

I have been asking for years what is the state of LTI Provider for Open edX. Especially since there was only development for an LTI Consumer XBlock through [GitHub - openedx/xblock-lti-consumer](https://github.com/openedx/xblock-lti-consumer)

You can look at my questions in a few places:

> [@Open edX as an LTI Provider?](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/open-edx-as-an-lti-provider/4313):
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> When I look at the current documentation on [[12.6.1. Reusing Course Content with LTI — Building and Running an Open edX Course: Koa Release documentation](https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/open-edx-building-and-running-a-course/en/open-release-koa.master/course_features/lti/lti_reuse_content.html#reusing-course-content-with-lti)]([https://Reusing](https://Reusing) Course Content with LTI) I see the warning that “This feature was a closed pilot experiment. This feature is not supported for new users.” Yes, some of our old archived courses can still be accessed through LTI by our Moodle instance for example, but it seems that new courses cannot be configured to be accessed through LTI. I…

(there is a link to [12.6.1. Reusing Course Content with LTI — Building and Running an Open edX Course: Koa Release documentation](https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/open-edx-building-and-running-a-course/en/open-release-koa.master/course_features/lti/lti_reuse_content.html#reusing-course-content-with-lti) who states that “This feature was a closed pilot experiment. This feature is not supported for new users”)  
[A question about LTI provider support in Open edX](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/a-question-about-lti-provider-support-in-open-edx/4866)

And to answer your other questions, we only allow anonymous accounts.

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