Mapping learning tools before an LMS tender
LMS tenders often list “integrations” as a checkbox. Teaching teams experience them as the video library that holds recorded seminars, the plagiarism service that already stores three years of submissions, and the attendance tool used for placement units.
Build a living inventory
For each tool record: owner, contract end date, data that cannot be lost, connection method today (LTI, API, CSV, manual), and whether students authenticate through the same identity provider as the LMS.
Sort by consequence
Put tools into three piles: must reconnect on day one of the new LMS, can run in parallel for one term, and can be retired. Migration counsel engagements spend most of their early days forcing that sorting conversation into the open.
Vendors will propose their preferred connectors. Your inventory tells you which connectors are non-negotiable for teaching continuity.