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Techniques used to integrate and automate Sakai in a large University

Techniques used to integrate and automate Sakai in a large University. 9 th Sakai Conference Paris, France 1-3 July 2008. Charles Sturt University:. CSU supports over 32000 students 65% of these via distance education Both within Australia and across the world

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Techniques used to integrate and automate Sakai in a large University

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  1. Techniques used to integrate and automate Sakai in a large University 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  2. Charles Sturt University: • CSU supports over 32000 students • 65% of these via distance education • Both within Australia and across the world • CSU Interact went live in December 2007 • Interact is CSU’s branded version of Sakai 2.4.x • 7083 Sakai subject sites were created this year • 50522 Sakai users registered 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  3. Core Business Requirements: Automatically provision sites, tools, users and existing applications according to a predefined timeline Customise Edit tools to support business rules Link to existing applications via a custom Sakai tool Add functionality to merge sites Allow real-time user authentication and role updates 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  4. Automated site lifecycle: Supported via Enterprise Data feeds into a configuration database Overnight ‘Provisioner’ runs to sync configuration database with Sakai via API’s 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  5. Configuration Database: Supported by enterprise data feeds Contains Sakai Subject sites with associated: Create/Open/Close/Archive dates Head of School and Subject Coordinator user data Tools both Fixed, Optional (and pilot) Used by primarily by provisioner and edit tools 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  6. Provisioner: Uses CSU enterprise data to construct subject sites in Sakai for use by students and academics. Create/updates roles and services in the roles system so that students and staff can gain access to their Sakai subject sites. Runs nightly via cron job. 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  7. Edit Tools: Fully customised Edit tools interface Allows Enforcement of Business rules Date driven availability (by category) Set to be available to subject coordinator only Once available to all cannot be removed When tool available to all, auto publish site early CSU Services tool - EASTS/Evals/Forum/OASIS/Outline Screenshot to follow 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  8. Edit Tools: 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  9. CSU Services Tool: Provides dynamic linking to existing applications Queries the application via webservice Displays either a link or message (if no access) Link may be different for users/managers Attempts to open application in popup window 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  10. Merge Cohort Functionality: • Sites created for every cohort (subject offering) • Allows management of a single site for multiple cohorts • Example: Accounting 100 Distance students share the same Sakai site as Internal students • Merges Cohorts only (not content) • Old site unpublished (and flagged for archival) • Confirmation email sent • Merge will flow through to Forums and Oasis • Screenshots to follow 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  11. Merge Cohort Functionality: 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  12. Real-time Authentication and Role Updates: IMS Provider (access to Sakai) + overnight process Group Provider (access to subjects) live link to enterprise roles system Authz - feed changes back through Group Provider to update enterprise roles system real-time. Modification to participant list to show provided users Screenshot to follow 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  13. Real-time Authentication and Role Updates: 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  14. Architecture Overview: 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  15. In to the future… MSI – Mandatory Subject Information OSAM – Online Assignments and Marking Tools and Sites Deleting sites Archiving Subsites 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  16. Introducing… Australia’s first Sakai Community QA Server (QA1-AU) Built using Continuum for automated, repeatable builds Running in a Solaris / Oracle environment http://qa1-au.sakaiproject.org/ AUSakai 08 Hosted by Monash and CSU in November For more details contact: Nathan Bailey ( Nathan.Bailey@its.monash.edu ) Matt Morton-Allen ( MMorton-allen@csu.edu.au ) 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

  17. Techniques used to integrate and automate Sakai in a large University David Roma Charles Sturt University droma@csu.edu.au Paul Bristow (Technical) pbristow@csu.edu.au 9th Sakai Conference Paris, France1-3 July 2008

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