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For LTI 1.3 only consider roles in the context for automatically crea…
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…ted users.

This is to fix the issue discussed in
https://webwork.maa.org/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=8565#p21514.

If someone needs the institution roles, then the new
$LTI{v1p3}{AllowInstitutionRoles} option defined in conf/authen_LTI_1_3
can be set to 1, and then those roles will also be considered.
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drgrice1 committed Oct 2, 2024
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion conf/authen_LTI_1_3.conf.dist
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Expand Up @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ $LTI{v1p3}{LMSrolesToWeBWorKroles} = {
'observer' => 'guest',
'visitor' => 'guest',
'Guest' => 'guest',
'Administrator' => 'professor',
'Administrator' => 'admin',
'Designer' => 'professor',
'instructor' => 'professor',
'Instructor' => 'professor',
Expand All @@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ $LTI{v1p3}{LMSrolesToWeBWorKroles} = {
'Grader' => 'ta',
};

# The LMS reports roles context (or membership), instititution, and system
# roles. WeBWorK always ignores system roles, and also ignores institution
# roles by default. In some cases you may also want to consider institution
# roles. In that case set the following to 1.
$LTI{v1p3}{AllowInstitutionRoles} = 0;

################################################################################################
# Local routine to modify users
################################################################################################
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions lib/WeBWorK/Authen/LTIAdvantage.pm
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Expand Up @@ -369,10 +369,15 @@ sub create_user ($self) {
# Determine the roles defined for this user defined in the LTI request and assign a permission level on that basis.
my @LTIroles = @{ $self->{roles} };

# Restrict to institution and context roles and remove the purl link portion (ignore system roles).
# Restrict to context roles and remove the purl link portion. System roles are always ignored, but institution
# roles are also included if $LTI{v1p3}{AllowInstitutionRoles} = 1.
@LTIroles =
map {s|^[^#]*#||r}
grep {m!^http://purl.imsglobal.org/vocab/lis/v2/(membership|institution\/person)#!} @LTIroles;
grep {
m!^http://purl.imsglobal.org/vocab/lis/v2/membership#!
|| ($ce->{LTI}{v1p3}{AllowInstitutionRoles}
&& m!^http://purl.imsglobal.org/vocab/lis/v2/institution\/person#!)
} @LTIroles;

if ($ce->{debug_lti_parameters}) {
warn "The adjusted LTI roles defined for this user are: \n-- " . join("\n-- ", @LTIroles),
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