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Reputation: 23

desire2learn valence.desire2learn.com test user accounts

If I wanted to kick the tires with developing for the desire2learn platform, but don't have a desire2learn installation to develop against, can I use the valence.desire2learn.com environment. How can I get a user login for that environment? Do I get one when I request an app developer key?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 253

Answers (2)

Viktor Haag
Viktor Haag

Reputation: 3418

There are two steps you can take as a Valence API user to get yourself working:

  1. Download a client library and work with it, and the getting started sample, to get up and running against 'valence.desire2learn.com'. The sample has a set of test App credentials, and a test user that you can use to make one or two simple calls: get the product version table from the test LMS, and get the 'whoami' information for the test user.

    You can use this level of bootstrapping to get your self up to the stage where you have a client framework that can go through the authentication process with an LMS, and then create authenticated URls to make API calls against an LMS.

  2. The next step for real work requires you to have an LMS against which you can work, and a user account on that LMS. There are several scenarios you can try here:

    • Work with an existing vendor or institution that does have a test environment you can test against.

    • Go through the steps required to become a D2L Partner: once you do that, the partnership program can provide you with a test LMS you can use for your development needs.

Upvotes: 1

Josh Heitzman
Josh Heitzman

Reputation: 1834

The process of using the desire2learn key tool is documented here and only requires that you have a google account to login to the tool. Their key tool allows you to "choose to create a non-commercial key for an application during trial and development phases of its life" and "from this page you can only immediate accept the Non-Commercial Developer Agreement with D2L; if you seek to accept a Commercial Developer agreement with D2L, we handle that request through the Partner Network." Thus, the key tool allows you to get an app developer key without enrolling in their partner program.

You may also want to check out the getting started with Valence page.

Upvotes: 1

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