diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/lti.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/lti.rb
index 925ed7d6..4148bc33 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/lti.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/lti.rb
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ module Lti
     @embed_options = {}
     %i[hide_navbar
        hide_exercise_description
+       collapse_exercise_description
        disable_run
        disable_score
        disable_rfc
diff --git a/app/views/exercises/implement.html.slim b/app/views/exercises/implement.html.slim
index b6ac676f..6ea23627 100644
--- a/app/views/exercises/implement.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/exercises/implement.html.slim
@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@
           span.badge.badge-pill.badge-primary.float-right.score
 
           h1 id="exercise-headline"
-            i class="fa fa-chevron-down" id="description-symbol"
+            i id="description-symbol" class=(@embed_options[:collapse_exercise_description] ? 'fa fa-chevron-right' : 'fa fa-chevron-down')
             = @exercise.title
 
-        #description-card.lead.description-card
+        #description-card.lead class=(@embed_options[:collapse_exercise_description] ? 'description-card-collapsed' : 'description-card')
           = render_markdown(@exercise.description)
 
-        a#toggle href="#" data-show=t('shared.show') data-hide=t('shared.hide') = t('shared.hide')
+        a#toggle href="#" data-show=t('shared.show') data-hide=t('shared.hide')
+          - if @embed_options[:collapse_exercise_description]
+            = t('shared.show')
+          - else
+            = t('shared.hide')
 
     #alert.alert.alert-danger role='alert'
       h4 = t('.alert.title')