LTI Integration Metacampus–Moodle: Improving Application Processes for VECP Students (Report 06/2026)

This sixth Unite! success story report documents the implementation of a Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) integration between TU Darmstadt's Moodle learning management system and the Unite! federated platform Metacampus, aimed at streamlining application processes for Virtual Exchange Credit Programme (VECP) students. The VECP enables students from all Unite! partner universities to participate in online courses at other member institutions while earning ECTS credits. However, registration presented challenges: students had to complete placement tests through TU Darmstadt's Moodle before formally enrolling as VECP students—a requirement that necessitated a TU Darmstadt account and created administrative bottlenecks. The LTI integration addresses these challenges by allowing students from other Unite! universities to access selected TU Darmstadt Moodle course content directly via Metacampus using their home institution credentials, without requiring a separate TU Darmstadt account. This solution reduces administrative steps, enables earlier placement testing, and aligns registration timelines more closely with local deadlines. Implementation required careful coordination between instructors, administrative staff, IT support, and the International Office. 

The series “Unite! Digital Teaching and Learning Success Story Report” was initiated by Cm.2 Digital Campus, led by TU Graz (Martin Ebner) as part of the idea to collect, spread and enhance the possibilities, usages and lessons learned of teaching and learning offers using the federated learning management system Metacampus in 11/2024 till the end of the current Erasmus+ funding period 10/2026. All reports are available under open license and originally published at the TU Graz repository. Copyright holders are the authors.