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Portal Technology and uPortal

Portal Technology and uPortal. Cliff Clevenger Sigma Systems, Inc. National Association of Sigma Users 25 July 2003. Acknowledgments. This presentation was adapted and developed with consultation from Justin Tilton, President of instructional media + magic, inc.

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Portal Technology and uPortal

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  1. Portal Technology and uPortal Cliff Clevenger Sigma Systems, Inc. National Association of Sigma Users 25 July 2003

  2. Acknowledgments This presentation was adapted and developed with consultation from Justin Tilton, President of instructional media + magic, inc. Additional presentations and information regarding uPortal, portals and JA-SIG can be found at the im+m web site: www.immagic.com

  3. Portal defined generally synonymous with gateway, for a World Wide Web site that is or proposes to be a major starting site for users when they get connected to the Web www.whatis.com, May 19, 2001 software integrating many divergent systems for presentation and use on the Web

  4. Portal defined Portal - an entry point or starting site for the World-Wide Web, combining a mixture of content and services and attempting to provide a personalized "home base" for its audience with features like customizable … pages and personal homepage construction kits. From www.Auburn.edu/helpdesk/glossary/, Auburn University. March 24, 2002

  5. Classic “portal”

  6. What is a Channel? • Displays content • XML feeds • Rich Site Summary (RSS) • Web services • Legacy systems • Interactive applications • E-Mail, Calendar, Briefcase, News, Survey, Search, Announcements, Classifieds, Discussion Forums, Address Book, Chat, Bookmarks • The Meteor Project

  7. Channels (portlets) Channel B Channel A uPortal Framework Channel C Channel D uPortal database

  8. RSS news feed channel

  9. RSS Channel

  10. RSS version 1.0 channel

  11. RSS version 1.0 channel In-line HTML Streaming Audio and Video

  12. The Meteor channel

  13. The University Web World Research Library Administrative Instruction

  14. Students expectations shaped by... • Their experience with e-government • Their use of financial services portals • Their use of the Internet • Their life in a “real-time, information rich” environment

  15. Students now expect... • Service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week • Complete information froma single source • Delivery by Web, e-mail, telephone, and facsimile, and, wireless devices • response time of 15 seconds for telephone, 10 seconds for Web, and 2 hours for e-mail and facsimile • access to a complete transaction history

  16. Why are portals important? • Productivity for knowledge workers • Preferred by users • Market share • University identity • A viable architecture for information services • Integration platform • Improved services • Lower costs

  17. A University Portal

  18. Tab / Column Layout

  19. Tree / Column Layout

  20. Multiple Target Devices

  21. Types of portals • Enterprise [integration] • Knowledge/document management • Collaboration and messaging • Front end to application servers Jim Rapoza, “Enterprise value of portals is clear,” eWeek, September 13, 2001 • Subject Portal • Data Type Portals • User Community Portals • Institutional Portal Chris Awre, "Information Environment Developments" JISC Presentation, November 18, 2002

  22. ? ? ?  ? ? ?  ? ? ? ? ? ? ?     Required capabilities Content Classification Web and Search Services Type of Portal JSP Chat & Mail Enterprise Collaboration Knowledge management Front end University

  23. Available services XML, SOAP, UDDI Announcements e-mail and chat Authentication Web Services Authorization Calendaring Workflow Directory Groups Wallet Roles Type of Portal      Enterprise X ? ? ? ? ?   Collaboration ? ? ? X ? X X ? ? Knowledge      ? X ? X ? ? management University           

  24. Required authentication Anonymous Type of Portal Local Remote  ? Enterprise X  Collaboration ? X Knowledge   ? management  Front end ? X    University

  25. JA-SIG’s uPortal

  26. What is uPortal? • Enterprise, horizontal portal • Framework for presenting aggregated content (channels) • Personalization • Role-based access control • Open source, collaborative effort • Java web application

  27. JA-SIG • Java In AdministrationSpecial Interest Group • www.ja-sig.org • Conferences biannually • Clearing house • https://www.mis4.udel.edu/JasigCH/ • Collaborative projects

  28. Mission The Java in Administration Special Interest Group (JA-SIG) is an independent organization designed to increase the flow of information between educational institutions and companies involved in the development of administrative applications using Java technology. Today, with the benefit of object oriented technology and Java, we have a great opportunity in higher education to do things better as colleagues. The purpose of JA-SIG is, first, to share our experiences as we build applications with Java, and second, to develop a common infrastructure upon which we can build shareable components. We welcome the participation of both educational institutions and commercial enterprises in this effort.

  29. Goals The JA-SIG's goals are to: Nurture communication of best practices, new technologies, and innovative methodologies and projects related to Java Increase peer review, collaboration, and group discussion related to institution-developed Java administrative applications Broaden Java technology cross-fertilization between firms and schools on both a functional and geographic basis

  30. CalPoly San Luis Obispo

  31. University of British Columbia

  32. University of California, Irvine

  33. Columbia University

  34. Denison University

  35. University of Delaware

  36. Princeton University (prototype)

  37. Commercial implementations • SCT (Campus Pipeline) enterprise • Unicon,Inc. Learning Management System • iAssessment Teacher assessment

  38. Sigma Systems uPortal

  39. Sigma’s Alpha Development

  40. Sigma’s Alpha Development

  41. Sigma’s Alpha Development

  42. Sigma’s Alpha Development

  43. Sigma’s Alpha Development

  44. uPortal Management

  45. User Profiles • Profile defines: • Structure/Theme stylesheets • A set of user preferences • User layout • System vs. User profiles • Browser-specific preferences • User-Agent ID maps to a profile • Initial profile mapping

  46. User preferences • Portal = rendering + customization • Swappable layout and preference management modules • Profile management module • Tab-column specific UP module • Skin Selection

  47. User Preferences

  48. User Layout

  49. Publish/Subscribe • Channel publishing document • Channel parameters • Default values • Modification permissions • Descriptions • Publish/Subscribe steps • Step sequence • Instructions, help • Flexible channel publishing

  50. Channel Types

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