Brightspace – Osmosis LMS Access Set-up Instructions

Last updated on July 27, 2026

Step 1- Create new LTI Advantage setup

As an admin, you can configure an external tool from the Site administration page.

  1. Navigate to Settings > Manage extensibility
  2. Click the LTI Advantage Tab
  3. Click “register tool”. Choose the “Standard” option

  4. Manually enter the required parameters and permissions
    1. Name: Osmosis LTI 1.3
    2. Target Link URL: leave blank. This will be overwritten when creating the external link in a future step.
    3. Extensions: Select “Assignments and Grade Services” and “Names and Role Provisioning Services”
    4. Select “Send Institution Role”
    5. Click Register
  5. Note down and copy the Brightspace Registration Details. These values must be provided to Elsevier.

  6. Click Save and Close.

Step 2 - Create new LTI Advantage deployment

  1. Navigate to Settings > External Learning Tools
  2. Click LTI Advantage Tab
  3. Click “New deployment”
  4. Choose the tool you created in Step 1 for the dropdown for “Tool”
    • Name should match 4a in Step 1
  5. Name: Osmosis LTI 1.3
  6. Security settings: check all the boxes except
  7. Configurations Settings: Check Open as External Resource
  8. Make tool available to
    • Current Org Unit: Use the Add Org Units button to make the tool provider available to the desired organizational units on your system.
  9. Click “Create deployment” at the bottom
  10. Note down and copy the deployment ID. These values must be provided to Elsevier.
  11. Click Save and Close

Step 3 – Share relevant tool configuration values with Elsevier

  1. Send all the values from Step 1 and the “Deployment ID” from Step 2 to Elsevier.

Step 4 – Create a new External tool link for your deployment, in your courses

  1. Click on the Osmosis LTI 1.3 deployment created in step 2.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click View Links
  3. Click New Link
  4. Make sure the Link is enabled.
  5. Name: Osmosis LTI 1.3
  6. Click Save and Close

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