Can I use tools from elsewhere (eg, my portal, my LMS/VLE) inside LAMS?
It depends on the tool. If all that is required to use the tool is a URL link to it from within LAMS (eg, to a federated search tool), then you can do this now using the URL pointer in the LAMS “Share Resources” tool. If the external tools needs to know who the person is that is being sent to it (eg, a discussion forum), then at the moment it is not possible to integrate this tool. In the future, LAMS may provide a feature for authenticating into external tools of this kind, but in many cases unless the tool is built to allow external use, then there may be additional problems with integration (this problem exists with most current LMS/VLE/CMS tools). For V1.1, LAMS will release a general “tools interface” for “sequencable collaborative activity tools” so that an external tool can potentially run in LAMS. Once this interface is released, any tool that conforms to the requirements of this interface will be able to run in LAMS. The request that LAMS be able to use tools from elsewhere is