STACK is an online assessment package for mathematics.  It consists of a custom question type which works on the moodle VLE platform. The information presented here is applicable if you have an account on this platform and wish to link from your Canvas course space to a moodle-STACK quiz that you have already setup.
If you would like further information about how to get an account on this platform in order to try STACK questions, please contact eLearning via the Support Portal

Whilst upgrading to Canvas, we have also upgraded the moodle-STACK synchronisation mechanism from LTI1.1 to LTI1.3 (also known as LTI Advantage). The process below describes how to ‘publish’ your quiz in moodle-STACK, followed by how to add a link to your quiz from Canvas.

As before, synchronisation between moodle-STACK and Canvas runs every 30 minutes. Previously, it was only student grades that were synchronised automatically. Now, enrolments are included. This means that, after adding the first link to a moodle-STACK quiz in your Canvas course space, the two courses will be linked and all students and staff in the Canvas course space should automatically appear on the participants list in the moodle-STACK course space. This has the benefit that, unlike previously, students can be allocated extra time within moodle-STACK without the need for them to first click on a quiz link.

In moodle-STACK:

1. Go to your course space
2. From your course menu, select Published as LTI tools from the More option:

3. The LTI Advantage tab opens by default. Click the Add button.

4. In the settings, select your quiz name from the menu:

5. For the custom instance name – add your course unit code and the quiz name – e.g. “MATH19662 – Assessment 2”. This will save potential confusion when you are linking to it from Canvas, as Canvas does not show the moodle space, only all of your quiz custom instance names.

6. Important: No other settings changes are required, leave other settings on the defaults.

7. Click Add method. There is no need to note the ID that is displayed, you will be able to see the quiz custom instance name when linking from Canvas.

1. Add a new Canvas Assignment. In the assignment settings, change the Submission type option to External Tool:

2. Click the Find button and scroll down and select the STACK Assessment option:

3. Select the quiz you want to attach from your list and click the Add Content button at the bottom:

4. Click Select.
5. Choose whether to display your assignment in a new tab (recommended)

6. Complete any further settings you wish to apply to the assignment link, such as setting dates to restrict link availability.
7. Save your assignment settings.
8. When you are ready you can publish your assignment in Canvas