SIS & LMS Integration with Apereo Portlets - Open Apereo 2013

The last several quarters have brought us game-changing new innovations for bringing content from your SIS and LMS into uPortal. Many of these focus on the Courses portlet, but the Calendar, Map, and Notification portlets also play an important role.

We will look at the cool new advances that are available now, and some that are under development. We will hear about or directly from several schools working with these technologies and the methods they've found to be effective in this area.
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1. SIS & LMS Integration with Apereo Portlets
2. Introductions Jim Helwig Lakshmi Maktala Drew Wills
3. Agenda • Sourcing the Data • Available Apereo Portlets • Implementation at Oakland University • Implementation at UW-Madison
4. Data Sources LMS, SIS, both, others?
5. SIS Student Data • Student terms enrolled • Term... ◦ Name ◦ Code ◦ Start & end dates ◦ Final exam dates • Student courses by term • Student grades • Student GPA • Course... ◦ Department ◦ Title ◦ Catalog # ◦ Abstract ◦ Section(s) ◦ Instructor(s) ◦ Meeting days & times ◦ Meeting location(s) • Student credits • Degree progress
6. LMS Student Data • Updates/announcements • Syllabus • Textbooks • Assignments • Links/downloads • SIS Data (where LMS integration is easier than SIS)
7. More Data from Other Sources • Instructor contact information & office hours • Library Reserves • Course-related web sites • Departmental LMS instances • Tutoring resources
8. Portal Data? • How much of this data is appropriate to include in the portal? • At what point does it make more sense to take the user -- via deep-link with SSO -- into the system of record? • Are there ways in which a portal can add value to this data if it does show it? What are they? • There seems to be great difference of opinion regarding these questions in the higher education community
9. Apereo Portlets Available NOW for you to use
10. Courses Portlet - Schedule
11. Courses Portlet - Detail
12. Courses Portlet - Grades
13. Courses Portlet - Degree Progress
14. Calendar Portlet
15. Notification Portlet
16. Map Portlet
17. Courses at Oakland Focusing on SIS integration and mobility
18. Integration with SIS • Courses Portlet Grades - displays Course Information Class Schedule • Calendar Portlet
19. Courses Portlet
20. Calendar Portlet • Creates custom calendar feed automatically • Integrates directly with Courses Portlet API • Displays students class schedule ◦ Date ◦ Location ◦ Description • iCal feed available for download
21. Calendar Portlet
22. Calendar Portlet
23. Progress to Degree Focus on Finish line(Degree Evaluation) application in MySail. This application helps students understand the requirements of a degree program and focus on graduating with a degree. Manages the number of years at the university efficiently learning useful courses aiming at their career.
24. Progress To Degree
25. Mobile View
26. Financial Aid Portlet • Integrates with Banner • Small Database Load ◦ Only hit once • Incorporates JSON ◦ JSON.simple ▪ Maven Plugin ▪ http://code.google.com/p/json-simple/ ◦ No AJAX ◦ Single JSTL variable
27. Financial Aid Portlet
28. Financial Aid Portlet
29. Courses at UW- Madison Aggregating information from many sources
30. Replacing Legacy Portlet
31. Aggregating Course Information Many different sources: • PeopleSoft SIS • Desire2Learn • Moodle • Departmental LMS • Library • Instructor supplied information
32. Aggregating Course Information Many different sources: • PeopleSoft SIS • Desire2Learn • Moodle • Departmental LMS • Library • Instructor supplied information Resources associated with courses and sections
33. Hub Model Curricular Hub Resource Bridge
34. Course List and Details
35. Course List and Details
36. Final Grades
37. Courses Map
38. Courses Map
39. Schedule Grid
40. Schedule Grid
41. Schedule Grid
42. Questions?