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Enhance your eLearning experience with Microsoft LMS Integration
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LMSOffice365Integration Introduction Office365servicescomplementtheParadisolearningplatformtoprovideamore ● productiveexperienceforteachersandstudents.Integrationstreamlinesfollowing office365applicationswithParadisoLMS: OutlookCalendar ○ Sharepoint ○ OneDriveforBusiness ○ OneNote ○ Requirements TousetheOffice365plugins,youneedthefollowing: AnOffice365subscription. ● AMicrosoftAzuresubscription. ● Plugins&Features TheOffice365setofpluginscontains8differentpluginswhichprovideawidevarietyof featurestoenhanceyourLMSinstance. 1. OpenIDConnectAuthentication ThispluginallowsuserstologintotheLMSusingtheirOffice365accounts. ○ UserswithexistingLMSaccountscanswitchtousingthisauthenticationplugin,and ○ newuserscanloginwiththispluginandhaveanaccountcreatedforthem. www.paradisosolutions.com-sales@paradisosolutions.com-+18005135902
Iftheadministratorallows,userscanalsochoosetodisconnectfromOpenIDConnect Iftheadministratorallows,userscanalsochoosetodisconnectfromOpenIDConnect ○ andreverttheirpreviousloginmethod,ortoausername/password. Features ■ Standards-CompliantOpenIDConnectAuthentication ● Supportsauthorizationcodeorresource-ownercredentialsgrants ● UserscanlogintotheLMSbyclickingtheidentityprovideronthe ○ loginpage,orbyenteringtheirOpenIDConnectcredentials. CustomizableIcon+IdentityProvidername ● TheiconandidentityprovidernameshownontheLMSloginpagecan ○ becustomized.Anumberofpre-choseniconsareavailable,aswell astheabilitytouploadyourown. ProvideshookstolinkOpenIDConnectaccountstotheLMSaccounts ● Ifyoudonotwanttochangeyourusers'loginmethod,youcanstill ○ connecttoanOpenIDConnectprovider.Thepluginprovides code-levelhookstolinkanLMSaccounttoanOpenIDConnect accountwithoutchangingtheLMSuser'sauthenticationmethod.This meansyoucanobtaintokensfromanOpenIDConnectserviceinthe background. Optionaluser-self-serviceconnectionanddisconnection ● Auser-facingpageisavailableforuserstoswitchtoandfromOpenID ○ Connectauthentication.Accesstothispageandfeatureiscontrolled byacapabilitysoadministratorscandisableit. www.paradisosolutions.com-sales@paradisosolutions.com-+18005135902
2. MicrosoftBlock Thisblockprovidesauser-facingmenutoaccessvariousOffice365integration ○ features,resources,andpreferences. Linksto:CourseSharePointsites,AzureADloginpreferences,Calendarsync ○ preferences,OneNotenotebooks,andtheOffice365integrationusercontrolpanel. 3. Office365Support ThispluginprovidesmostoftheOffice365integrationback-end.Thisprovides ○ sharedcodetocommunicatewithOffice365,andpowersthecalendarsync. Features ■ Calendarsyncfrom/toOffice365Outlook. ● Userscansyncsiteevents,courseevents,assignmentduedates,and ○ theirpersonalLMScalendartotheirOutlookcalendar. SharePointsitesforeachLMScourse. ● YoucanconnectyourLMSinstancetoaSharePointsubsite.Sites ○ belowthiswillbecreatedforeachcourseinyourLMSinstance,and thedocumentlibraryfromeachcoursesubsiteisaccessiblethrough theOneDriveforBusinessrepository.Thecoursesubsitedocument libraryisaccessiblebycourseteachers,servingasaplacefor teacherstosharedocuments. 4. OneNoteSupport ThisprovidessupportingandsharedcodeusedbyallotherOneNoteplugins.Does ○ nothaveanuserinterfaceorconfigurationbyitself. 5. OneNoteAssignmentFeedback AllowsteacherstoleavefeedbackforstudentsusingOneNote. ○ www.paradisosolutions.com-sales@paradisosolutions.com-+18005135902
6. OneNoteAssignmentSubmission AllowsstudentstosubmitassignmentsusingOneNote. ○ 7. OneNoteRepository Allowsaccesstoauser'sOneNotefilesfromtheLMSrepositoryview. ○ ○ 8. OneDriveforBusinessRepository ThisisarepositorypluginthatcommunicateswithOneDriveforBusiness.Ifthe ○ SharePointlinkisconfigured,thisalsoprovidesaccesstoLMScourseSharePointsites' documentlibraries. Features ■ ImportfilesintoLMSfromOneDriveforBusiness ● UploadfilesintoOneDriveforBusinessfromwithintheLMS. ● LinktofilesinOneDriveforBusinesssousersalwaysgetthemost ● up-to-dateversion. EmbeddocumentsintotheLMScoursessouserscanviewdocuments ● directlyonthesite. www.paradisosolutions.com-sales@paradisosolutions.com-+18005135902
Calendarsync ThisfeatureallowsuserstosynctheirLMScalendarswithOffice365.Userscanhaveeventsin theirLMScalendarappearinanyOffice365calendar,andhaveeventscreatedinOffice365 syncedbacktotheLMS. Usersync UsersfromAzureADcanbeautomaticallycreatedintheLMSusingtheusersyncoption.This createsanLMSaccountforeveryuserintheconnectedActiveDirectoryallowingyouto manageandenrollusersintheLMSwithouttheuserhavingtologinfirst.Whentheuserdoes loginusingtheOpenIDConnectauthenticationmethodandtheirOffice365account,theywill beloggedintotheaccountcreatedforthemduringtheusersync. www.paradisosolutions.com-sales@paradisosolutions.com-+18005135902
UserGroups Usergroupsprovideaneasywaytosharedocumentswillallusersofacourse.Forexample,a teachercanshareadocumentfromOneDrivewithalloftheirstudentsbychoosingtheuser groupfortheircourse-theydon'thavetochooseeachstudentindividually. YoucanhavegroupscreatedandmaintainedautomaticallyinOffice365byenablingthe "CreateUserGroups"setting.Onceenabled,newgroupswillbecreatedeverycronrunforany coursethatdoesn'thaveagroupsetup.Oncegroupsaresetup,membershipwillbe maintainedautomaticallywheneversomeonejoinsorleavesanLMScourse. SharePointConnection SharePointsitescanbecreatedforeachcourseonyourLMSsite.Youwillprovideaparent SharePointsiteandsubsitesforeachcoursewillbeautomaticallycreated.Thedocument libraryforeachofthesesubsitescanthenbeaccessedbyteachersusingtheOneDrivefor Businessrepository.Thisprovidesasharedstoreoffilesforacourse,allowingteachersto collaborateondocumentsandshareresources. OneDriveforBusinessRepository TheOneDriveforBusinessrepositoryallowsusersusingtheOffice365integrationpluginsto connecttotheirOneDriveforBusinessasanLMSrepository. www.paradisosolutions.com-sales@paradisosolutions.com-+18005135902