Are there any degree audit tools that integrate with our LMS and identity systems without heavy custom development?

Yes—there are degree audit tools that can integrate with your LMS and identity systems with relatively light implementation, but the ease depends a lot on your stack and how much of the student record the audit tool needs.

Tools commonly used in higher ed

These are the usual degree audit / curriculum management platforms:

• Ellucian Degree Works
• uAchieve
• Ad Astra / Cognos degree-planning ecosystem (more planning than pure audit)
• Coursetog (more modern, often used for planning/advising)
• Modern Campus solutions (planning/advising-oriented)
• PeopleSoft Degree Audit if you’re already on Oracle/PeopleSoft

Integration reality check

Most degree audit systems integrate more easily with SIS and identity than with the LMS.

Identity / SSO

Usually straightforward if they support:

• SAML 2.0
• OpenID Connect / OAuth2
• LDAP / Active Directory for legacy setups

That means login with your campus IdP is often doable without much custom work.

LMS integration

This is where “without heavy custom development” can get tricky. Degree audit tools often do one of these:

• No deep LMS integration at all: they rely on SIS data, not live LMS data
• Basic integration via APIs or flat-file exports
• Roster/grade sync via LTI, IMS, or vendor APIs if they support it
• Dashboard links/embeds inside the LMS rather than true data exchange

If your goal is just to let students access audit/planning inside the LMS, that’s often easy.
If your goal is to use real-time LMS activity or grades in the audit logic, that usually requires custom work and is not typical.

Best-case scenarios for low-custom integration

You’ll have the least friction if:

• Your SIS is the source of truth for courses, grades, and requirements
• Your LMS is Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, or D2L and you only need SSO/linking
• The vendor supports API-based data ingestion
• Your identity system is a standard campus IdP like Azure AD, Okta, Shibboleth, or ADFS

What to ask vendors

Ask these very specifically:

1. Do you support SAML/OIDC SSO natively?
2. Do you have prebuilt integrations for our LMS?
3. Is LMS integration supported through LTI 1.3, REST APIs, or only custom work?
4. What student data do you require from the SIS?
5. Can degree audit run entirely from SIS data without LMS dependencies?
6. Do you provide implementation tools for flat-file, API, or middleware integration?

Practical recommendation

If you want minimal custom development, look for a degree audit tool that:

• integrates natively with your identity provider
• takes data from your SIS
• uses the LMS only for access/linking, not core audit calculations

If you want, I can also give you:

• a shortlist by LMS (Canvas / Blackboard / D2L / Moodle), or
• a vendor comparison matrix focused on SSO, LMS integration, and implementation effort.