Test a Legacy LTI connection with Saltire

Test a Linqur LTI 1.1 (Legacy) tool in the Saltire platform emulator: choose a test user, enter the Launch URL and the Secret in the Security Model, connect, and check the result in Saltire and in Linqur.

Saltire is an LTI platform emulator. It behaves like an LMS, so you can test a tool before your client adds it. The test comes down to the Security Model screen: LTI version LTI-1p0, the Launch URL as Message URL, any consumer key and the Secret from Linqur. After the launch you read the request and the response under View. The test user and the grade then appear in Linqur.

Before you start

You have an LTI 1.1 (Legacy) tool in Linqur, with its Launch URL and Secret. See publish a SCORM package as an LTI tool and share the launch details of an LTI tool.
Testing goes faster with a package that sends a completion and a score on command. That is what the free sample SCORM file is for.

Step by step

1. Choose a test user

Go to https://saltire.lti.app/platform. Click User in the sidebar, open Select a user at the top right and choose a learner under Learners.

The Select a user dropdown in Saltire with the instructors, teaching assistants, learners and mentor, and a learner selected

2. Check the message settings

Click Message in the sidebar. The defaults work for a test: Message type basic-lti-launch-request and Target window. Change them only if you want to test a specific setting.

The Message settings in Saltire with the message type, locale, target and return URL

3. Fill in the Security Model

Click Security Model in the sidebar and fill in the details of the tool:

Field	What to enter
LTI version	LTI-1p0. That is LTI 1.1 (Legacy).
Message URL	The Launch URL from Linqur.
Consumer key	Any value, for example `abc`.
Shared secret	The Secret from Linqur.

Leave Signature method on HMAC-SHA1. Click Save at the top left.

The Security Model in Saltire with LTI-1p0, the Launch URL as message URL, the consumer key and the shared secret

4. Connect

Click Connect at the top right. The SCORM package opens in a new tab. Complete it as the test user, or use the buttons of the sample package to send a status and a score.

5. Read the diagnostics

Back in Saltire, click View. Last service message shows the last request from Linqur to Saltire and the response of Saltire. With a working connection you see a request that carries the score.

The Request tab of the last service message in Saltire, with the POST to the outcomes service and the score in the XML

The response shows “200 OK” and the status “success”, with the new score.

The Response tab of the last service message with HTTP 200 OK, the status success and the new score

Gradebook, also under View, shows the score, the status and the activity progress of the test user.

The Saltire gradebook with a score of 1, the status Final and the activity progress Completed

6. Check Linqur

Open the tool details in Linqur. Under Registered users the test user is listed with the grade. See share the launch details of an LTI tool.

The Registered users table in Linqur with the test user and the grade highlighted

Next step

If Connect returns an error instead of the content, look the message up in the list of LTI errors and their solutions or in the Debug assistant.
Once Saltire shows the user and the grade, the same Launch URL and Secret go into the real LMS: Moodle 4.x via LTI Legacy (1.1/2.0), Docebo via LTI Legacy (1.1/2.0) or Pluvo via LTI Legacy (1.1).
A longer walkthrough with the grade synchronisation step by step: set up and test an LTI connection with Saltire.

Last updated on 30 October 2026

LTI errors and their solutions Set up and test an LTI connection with Saltire