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Introduction

When a unit or course is 'Rolled Over' in your LMS, commonly between semesters, links to Auralia and Musition tasks were often removed from the LMS. If this happens, all the tasks would have to be relinked.

Deep Linking - LTI 1.3

As of December 2025, Auralia Musition have implemented refinements to LTI 1.3 connections ensure that linked tasks remain active when courses are rolled over; automatic behaviour for all newly linked tasks. Existing linked tasks created prior to December 2025 will have to be relinked for the first 'Course Rollover', but only that one time.

Task History

Some LMS support 'task history'; although new tasks are created in the LMS upon rollover, the 'prior ID' of the task is still passed through to Auralia and Musiton. This is used to map the new LMS task to the prior Auralia Musition Test or Course, ensuring that things continue to work correctly.

We support this with custom parameters from these LMS;

D2L Brightspace
Schoology
MusicFirst Classroom

This existing custom functionality does not conflict with our new 'Deep Linking' as per above.

Legacy Solution - 'External ID'

Prior to our 'Deep Linking' - if your LMS did not support 'Task History', you could link your tasks manually using 'Custom Parameters' on each task in your LMS, if it is supported. This will ensure that copies or 'rollovers' of your courses will continue to have tasks linked correctly.

This mechanism is still supported, but not necessary in most cirumstances with our 'Deep Linking'.

Step 1 - Auralia & Musition

For each of your Auralia and Musition Tests or Courses, you need to set an 'External ID'. These must be unique and are case sensitive. We don't recommend including spaces.

Step 2 - LMS

On each of your LMS tasks, you need to add the following 'Custom Parameters'. They will be passed through to Auralia / Musition when the task is first launched, creating the link and ensuring things open correctly.

external_id={external_id_set_in_auralia-musition}
result_mode={last/combined/single/best/worst}

Notes

If you update the 'external_id' or 'result_mode' custom parameter in your LMS, it will not be updated in Auralia and Musition - instead simply create a new 'task' in your LMS and use the new external_id there.
If your LMS doesn't support a 'Custom Parameters' field - then please add your external ID information to the end of the launch url, an example is below. Canvas is one LMS that does not support a dedicated field per launch, so you will need to use this method.
- LTI 1.1: https://lti.risingsoftware.com/launch/auralia?custom_external_id=YourExternal-ID
- LTI 1.3: https://lti.risingsoftware.com/launch/?app=auralia&custom_external_id=YourExternal-ID

LMS Tasks - Course Rollover Issues