Grow LMS API Documentation

Grow by Plenum — Extending Training with External Tools

A guide for industrial & construction programs

Grow isn’t a closed box. Beyond the courses you build in it, Grow can bring in specialized external training — virtual skilled-trades labs, secure proctored exams, interactive content, and industry safety libraries — while keeping one unified record of who completed and passed. This guide curates what’s worth considering for an industrial or construction workforce, is honest about how each option connects, and (for the embeddable tools) shows the verified certification status — because “integrates with LMSs” is not the same as holding an active LTI certification.

1. Three ways external training connects to Grow

Not everything plugs in the same way. Knowing which method a given tool uses tells you what to expect.

2. LTI 1.3 tools — embed it, keep one record

These run inside a Grow course and report results back automatically (Grow acts as an LTI Consumer; see Integrations & Notifications). We checked each tool in the 1EdTech Certified Product Directory on 2026-06-30:

How to read this table. The CERTIFIED tools can be treated as plug-and-play LTI 1.3. For a construction audience, ClickSafety is the certified, OSHA-authorized content option, and Interplay’s VR sims are LTI-capable through Interplay’s own integration — so VR can be the centerpiece; we just rely on the vendor’s LTI rather than a 1EdTech certification. The VERIFY / NOT CERTIFIED proctoring tools may still integrate via LTI, but we confirm LTI 1.3 with the vendor before promising an embed.

Concrete examples you could actually load

Three real options, at three access levels:

• VR / 3D simulation — Interplay SkillMill. Specific catalog titles include electrical troubleshooting, HVAC diagnostics, and residential-construction sims, delivered as browser 3D and full VR on Meta Quest headsets. Embed via Interplay’s LTI 1.3 integration so a worker launches the sim from a Grow course and progress syncs back. (Interplay offers a free demo — the easiest way to see it live.)
• Certified construction content — ClickSafety “OSHA 30-Hour Construction.” A real, OSHA-authorized, LTI-Advantage-certified course you can embed via LTI (or upload via SCORM). The safe-bet certified example for a construction audience.
• Free, build-it-today demo — H5P. Author a “Scaffold Inspection: spot the violations” image-hotspot activity or a “Fall-Protection Hazard ID” branching scenario. H5P is LTI-certified and free to build, so this is the one you can stand up in your own environment immediately as a proof of concept — no vendor contract needed.

3. Beyond LTI — relevant, but connects differently

A lot of valuable industrial/construction training does not use LTI. It’s still usable with Grow; it just connects another way.

Safety content libraries (SCORM / xAPI — you upload it)

The major OSHA and safety content providers ship packaged courses (SCORM/xAPI) you upload into Grow rather than embed live:

• Vector Solutions, ClickSafety, 360training, HSI — OSHA 10/30, silica, fall protection, and broad regulatory libraries (several are OSHA-Outreach-authorized and issue valid completion cards).

Grow supports uploading SCORM/xAPI packages, so this content runs as standard course activities with completion tracked. The trade-off vs. LTI: it’s a static package, not a live connection to the vendor’s platform.

External credentialing bodies (their system — you record the credential)

Some credentials are issued by an accredited body that runs testing on its own platform:

• NCCER (National Center for Construction Education and Research) — 50+ craft-specific, journey-level assessments and performance verifications, with Automated Remote Proctoring in NCCER’s own testing system (NCCER Connect is operated with Pearson Education). NCCER is the credential authority; you don’t embed its exams via LTI — the credential a worker earns is recorded in Grow so your reporting stays complete. In the 1EdTech directory, both NCCER and NCCER Connect appear as vetted but non-certified — privacy-reviewed, no active LTI certification — confirming they’re systems to record credentials from, not LTI tools to embed.
• OSHA Outreach cards and similar work the same way — earned through authorized providers, then tracked in Grow.

The pattern: the body issues the credential; Grow becomes the single place you track it, via the certificate and user records (see Data Schema Reference).

4. A worked use case — proctored safety certification, one auditable record

This is the scenario that makes LTI concrete for an industrial or construction client.

The problem. A firm must prove, on demand, that each worker holds a current, identity-verified certification for a high-risk task — say Confined Space Entry or Arc Flash / Electrical Safety. The owner-operator they contract for (a refinery, a utility, a plant) can audit this at any time. Today the pieces are scattered: training sits in one place, the proctored exam is run by a separate vendor, the pass/fail evidence lives in that vendor’s portal, and someone reconciles it all into a spreadsheet by hand.

The LTI-enabled flow. Build one “Qualified Worker” learning path in Grow that blends all three connection methods:

1. Knowledge (SCORM): an uploaded OSHA/safety module (e.g., from Vector Solutions) delivers the required curriculum.
2. Hands-on (ILT via Google Meet): an instructor-led session demonstrates and verifies practical competency, with attendance recorded (see Live Sessions, Calendar & Events).
3. Proctored exam (LTI — Honorlock): the worker takes the final certification exam inside the Grow course. Honorlock — a verified LTI-1.3-certified tool — confirms the worker’s identity and proctors the session; the pass/fail result passes back into Grow via AGS.

The payoff — one record. The moment the proctored exam reports back:

• Grow records the completion (completed_at), issues the certificate, and starts the renewal clock.
• The courseCompleted and awardedCertificate webhooks push the result into the firm’s compliance dashboard and data warehouse (see Webhooks / Pull-Based Data Access).
• When the refinery auditor asks “prove this specific worker is currently certified for confined-space entry — and that it was really them who passed,” the firm answers from one identity-verified record spanning knowledge, hands-on, and a proctored exam — instead of stitching three systems together.

The value in one sentence: specialized, identity-verified, hands-on training counts toward the same unified compliance record as everything else — with no separate system to reconcile.

5. How to choose — and how Plenum helps

• Check the registry — and read it correctly. The 1EdTech directory shows two different signals: certification (e.g., LTI 1.3 / LTI Advantage — the interoperability you need to embed a tool) and TrustEd Apps vetting (a data-privacy/security review). A product can be privacy-vetted without being LTI-certified — NCCER and Respondus are examples. The reverse also holds: a tool can support LTI without being on the 1EdTech certified list — Interplay is exactly that (its own LTI 1.3 integration). So treat certification as strong assurance, not the only path; for anything uncertified, we confirm LTI 1.3 with the vendor directly.
• Match the method to the need. Identity-proctored exams or interactive activities → LTI (certified tools first); off-the-shelf OSHA content → SCORM; third-party certification body → record the credential.
• Plenum does the integration. Whichever path fits, Plenum evaluates the tool, confirms LTI 1.3 where it isn’t already certified, handles the credential exchange or SCORM upload in your environment, and verifies results flow into your reporting.

Tell us the tools or credentials your program already relies on, and we’ll map each to the right method and stand it up in your <SCHOOL_ID> environment.

6. Where to go next

• Integrations & Notifications — how LTI fits in the broader connection picture.
• Live Sessions, Calendar & Events — the instructor-led piece of the use case above.
• Reporting & Analytics / Data Schema Reference — where embedded-tool and credential results land.

Prepared by Plenum Solutions for your evaluation. “Grow by Plenum” is operated and supported by Plenum on your behalf. Certification statuses were verified in the 1EdTech Certified Product Directory on 2026-06-30 and can change; third-party tools named here are examples, not endorsements. Integration specifics and LTI 1.3 support are confirmed per tool during onboarding. For integration design support, contact your Plenum engagement lead.