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uPortal at Yale

uPortal at Yale. Susan Bramhall ITS Technology and Planning January 2002. Original Web. Yale Web. Difficulty of trying to be all things to all people. www.yale.edu. DW web reporting. Yaleinfo. ePortal. Library Site. Yaleinfo. Library Site. Our Vision. Portal lens.

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uPortal at Yale

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  1. uPortal at Yale Susan Bramhall ITS Technology and Planning January 2002

  2. Original Web

  3. Yale Web Difficulty of trying to be all things to all people. www.yale.edu DW web reporting Yaleinfo ePortal Library Site

  4. Yaleinfo Library Site Our Vision Portal lens Yale Security Model SSO architecture

  5. How to Achieve the vision? • Product bombardment ~ 2000 • Campus Pipeline, Blackboard, others • Information presentation is core mission critical function in an Academic Institution • University needs to “own” the framework • Buy it? – Some are now available • Build it together with other schools • JA-SIG uPortal • Validate model of collaborative development by and for higher ed.

  6. uPortal Framework: Customized to Role of User • Employee • Administrative links • Announcements • “Workflow” links and alerts • Student • Academic links • Class work • Library searches • Student applications

  7. Other Portal Visions: Brio Portal

  8. Yale Brio Portal: “Report Mart”

  9. Brio 95% data (RDBMS) 5% other information New vision for EIS Vendor Product uPortal Critical mass of Ideal experience: clipping service plus administrative assistant 100% dedicated to integration of diverse information sources Open Source / Higher Ed initiative Consortium of schools and commercial companies Brio Portal and uPortal Functionally different, technically similar HIGHLIGHTS

  10. More examples of portal vision • Harvard: my.harvard • University of Delaware: UD&me • UC, Irvine: SNAP • Princeton

  11. uPortal Framework: Personalized & Customizable to Device • “Channels” at UBC • Preferences at portal.yale.edu • Meteor navigation style • Skins, WAP phone at IBS demo

  12. Single Sign on Architecture (SSO) • Central Authentication Service (CAS) • Preferred mechanism • Some Student apps using CAS already work: netreg, yalestation • Back door as well – not preferred • For example – • Add funds to printing account • HR self service • Buy computers

  13. More Content under construction • Concept of "Workflow" notification • START, brio reports, self service hr • See also “task list” at UC, Irvine • Framework for ePortal • Forums, notepad, calendar, SOAP, etc. • IBS demo • See University of Delaware

  14. uPortal Benefits • Standard XML formats: RSS, iCal, xMsg • RSS from BBC, stock charts, other schools • Sharing between schools • Shared design with Columbia for announcement channel • Email and calendar from UBC • Powerful, flexible, open standard framework • Customized by role, flexible • Choice of security providers • Personalized content, presentation, devices

  15. Our Vision requires an Architecture which is… Flexible, Scaleable Secure Integrated with rapidly evolving web technologies Shared with other schools

  16. Current Status (January 2002) • Version 2 of uPortal release Feb. 2002 • Production server • Managed by workstation support • Now running beta software release • New Sun AEP Granted machine • Enabled for shared authentication (CAS) • CAS version 2 with proxy function in testing • Demo content for staff / students • Classes live feed • System Status live feed • YDN – web scraping • RSS Editor in development and automatic listing of new RDF site summaries by category

  17. Content coming soon… • Announcements channel from Columbia • Event Calendar? • Meeting Maker integration???

  18. Some Participating Schools…. Athabasca Laurentian British Columbia Delaware Princeton Yale Memorial Univ of Newfoundland Cal Poly Columbia Hawaii Rutgers Villanova Nottingham UK Illinois State Iowa State U New Mexico Kansas Medical UC Irvine Loyola Chicago Cornell

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