# Moodle : Using Digital Samba as an LTI external tool ### Adding Digital Samba as an external tool *On your Digital Samba Dashboard* : * The LTI external tool will use your[ default room settings](https://dashboard.digitalsamba.com/default-room-settings). * You should set available roles to **Teachers** & **Students** & make **Students** default role.

* You can configure the rest of your default room settings to suit your requirements. *On Moodle :* * Log into your Moodle LMS instance as an Admin. * Navigate to ***Site Administration*** > ***Plug-ins*** > ***Activity modules*** > ***External Tool*** > ***Manage tools*** * In the ***Add tool*** area – enter **** and click the ***Add LTI Advantage*** button. * This will dynamically register Digital Samba as an LTI external tool on your LMS. * Once this is done – you will see the Digital Samba tool in a pending state. * Click on the three lines ( Tool Configuration details ) and send this information back to us so that we can enable your LMS on our side.

* Once you have confirmation back from us that your LMS is enabled, click the Activate button. * You may want to adjust a couple of settings within the tool to make best use of it. * To access these click the Settings cog : 1. Make the **Digital Samba** tool available in the moodle **Activity chooser** : * For *Tool configuration usage* > Select the ‘*Show as preconfigured tool when adding an external tool*’ option.

2. Use LMS users names in Digital Samba rooms * In the **Privacy** section : * For *Share launcher's name* with tool select *Always*

Congratulations! You are now ready to use Digital Samba rooms in your LMS course! *** ### Using Digital Samba as an external tool in an LMS course * Go to **My courses.** * Enter ‘***Edit Mode***’ and click on the three dots to create a new course.

* Fill in Course details as per your usual process and click **Save and display.** * In desired section of your couse click on the ***Add an Activity or resource button.***

* Select **Digital Samba** from the activity/resource chooser

* Give the Activity a name and fill out any other settings as per your normal processes. * Click **Save and return to course.** * You can then enroll users in the course. * Roles assigned here will be reflected in the room with the[ permissions assigned to the Student and Teacher roles](https://docs.digitalsamba.com/dashboard/adding-moderation-to-your-rooms-with-roles/permissions) in your[ Digital Samba Dashboard](https://dashboard.digitalsamba.com/).

* Your teachers and students will then be able to join the room whenever it is time for class!

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