IMS LIS 2.0 & Sakai: Real Time Integration with Your SIS

IMS LIS 2.0 & Sakai Nate Angell, Sakai Product Manager, The rSmart Group, Inc. Duﬀy Gillman, Sr. SoCware Engineer, The rSmart Group, Inc.Alan Hanson, VP Product Management, Teaching and Learning, Sungard SCT

OVERVIEW 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 2

Overview• Improved Ability for Synching Data• rSmart Increment to Sakora Tool  Contributed by Unicon• Learning InformaWon Services (LIS) 2.0 • IMS Global Learning ConsorWum • Standard for SIS ‐ LMS IntegraWon 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 3

Problem Space Courses Sites SecWonsGroups CLE SIS Instructors SynchronizaWon Roles Students & Mapping Enrollments 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 4

Sakai SIS Integra6onSIS Batch• Template Site Shells• AutomaWc Site CreaWon per Course CLE SIS Site Templates Batch Files 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 5

Sakai SIS Integra6onCourse Management (CM)• Rich Course Data Model• Data Staged in Sakai• Rosters Pulled in at Site CreaWon Time CLE SIS Batch Staging Files Tables 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 6

Sakai SIS Integra6onCourse Management ‐ Site/Roster Mapping 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 7

Sakora Builds on Course Management • Site Creator Maps Rosters to Sites • AddiWonal Import CapabiliWesrSmart Partnership with Sungard to Incorporate and Test LIS 2.0 with Sakora  12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 8

Banner Integra6on for eLearning with LIS 2.0 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 9

IMS Learning Information Services 2.0• SunGard views the Learning Information Services 2.0 specification as a significant step forward in terms of delivering a robust, comprehensive, and service-oriented industry standard• SunGard Higher Education is committed to adopting LIS 2.0 and has already completed coding and testing for the core functionality• SunGard plans to start Beta testing LIS 2.0 compliant integration capabilities in Q2, 2011• eLearning 8.0.x (IMS 1.1) and eLearning 8.1+ (LIS 2.0) will coexist, but ultimately customers will need to upgrade 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 10

Learning Information Services 2.0 Specifications• Person Management Service (PMS)• Group Management Service (GMS)• Membership Management Service (MMS)• Course Management Service (CMS) - NEW• Outcomes Management Service (OMS) - NEW• Bulk Data Exchange Management Service (BDEMS) - NEW• WSDL Bindings for all SOAP-based web services• Higher Education Profile• SunGard Higher Education Profile 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 11

Bulk Data Exchange• Provides export of data out of Banner in batch mode• Process extracts data and formats data into LIS 2.0 compliant XML objects• Output into one or multiple files• Two major administrative concepts: — Filter Criteria — Tasks• Once the bulk data file is created in an LIS 2.0 compliant format it is the responsibility of the partner system to import it 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 12

Filter Criteria – 1 of 3Allows user to select and filter the data extracted from theBanner database and produced in the xml output file.• Filter Name• Filter Description• Population Selection (use any existing Banner Population Selection).• Term Selection – All or Selected• College Selection – All or Selected• Department Selection - All or Selected 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 13

Filter Criteria – 2 of 3• Person Selection (capability to select persons who have a Logon ID only)• Filter based on person roles: — Institution Roles: • Student, Faculty, Learner, Instructor, Staff, Alumni, ProspectiveStudent, Administrator, None — Custom Roles (continue to publish existing custom roles): • Friends, Finance, DevelopmentOfficer, Prospect, Applicant, InstitutionAccept, ApplicantAccept, BannerINB, Finaid 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 14

Filter Criteria – 3 of 3• Partner Code Selection — For one or more LMS (Learning Management System)• Institution Codes — For clients using Multi-Entity Processing - Pending• Inactive Enrollments• Faculty Department• Course Data – All, Limited, Specific, Active or None• Course Section Data – All, Limited, Specific or None• Student Enrollment Data – All, Limited, Specific or None• Cross List Data – All, Limited, Specific or None• Faculty Assignment – All, Limited Specific or None 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 15

Task Definitions• Allows user to define, organize and schedule Bulk Data Extract tasks — Task Name — Task Description — File Location — File Size Limit (in MB) — Partner Name• Works in conjunction with Filter Criteria 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 16

Bulk Data Exchange – Service Operations• announceBulkDataExchange – This operation is provided by the target application (in LMS terminology the “Sync Agent” - Luminis, rSmart, Blackboard etc.,). Once an extract file is complete, we have the capability to call this operation.• reportBulkDataExchange – Our solution exposes a web service for the Sync Agent system to report the status of the bulk data import. 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 17

Bulk Data Exchange – Person data extract use case1. User configures filter criteria for bulk Person data extract2. Bulk Data Extract process is executed and produces Bulk Data Transaction File(s) constrained by configuration — Maximum file size can be specified resulting in multiple Transaction Files depending on volume of data3. Once the process is complete a ‘bulkBlockManifest’ object is created to inform the consuming system regarding the Transaction File(s) to be picked up and processed4. The ‘bulkBlockManifest’ is incorporated into an announceBulkDataExchange SOAP Request which is transmitted to the service endpoint exposed by the consuming system (the Learning Management System (LMS))5. announceBulkDataExchange response is received by Integration for eLearning6. Data transfer is initiated either via FTP or directly via HTTPS 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 18

Bulk Data Exchange Interaction Diagram – Banner Initiated (Banner SIS) (Sakai CLE) announceBulkDataExchange reportBulkDataExchange 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 19

Integration for e-Learning 8.1 Real-time IntegrationArchitecture Luminis LIS 2.0 Service Layer BannerLuminis Banner Event Publisher (BEP) Network / Internet Integration for eLearning Singlesign-on Sakai CLE LIS 2.0 Service Layer Sakai 20 24 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16

Integration for e-Learning 8.1 Real-time IntegrationArchitecture Luminis LIS 2.0 Service Layer BannerLuminis Banner Event Publisher (BEP) Network / Internet Integration for eLearning Singlesign-on Sakai CLE LIS 2.0 Allows disparate systems to Service Layer communicate via service calls Sakai 20 24 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16

SAKORA LIS 2.0 EXTENSION 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 21

• Sakora Developed by Unicon• LIS 2.0 Extension by rSmart• Tested with Sakai 2.7 and 2.8 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 22

ArchitectureParses individualXML methods(eg. replacePerson,replaceCourse, ...)into calls to CM 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 23

Real‐6me Service CallsLIS SOAP Method Aﬀects CM ObjectreplacePerson PersonreplaceGroup Term, CollegereplaceCourseTemplate CoursereplaceCourseOﬀering Course SecWonreplaceSecWon Course SecWonreplaceMembership EnrollmentreplaceSecWonAssociaWon Cross‐LisWng 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 24

LIS ‐ Banner ‐ Sakai Data MappingLIS 2.0 Banner SakaiPerson Person UserGroup Term TermCourse Course CanonicalTemplateCourse Section Course Section Course SectionCourse Offering Course Section Course OfferingGroup College Course SetGroup Department Course SetMembership Student MembershipMembership Enrollment Faculty MembershipSection Assignment Cross Listing SectionAssociation Association 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 25

Bulk Data Exchange• IniWal and Periodic SynchronizaWon• Triggers Batch Process• Sakora Fetches Batch Via FTP• Bulk Data Format Parsed to Real‐Wme Calls 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 26

Bulk Data Message Format 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 27

FeaturesMessage Queueing• “Fire and Forget”• Large OperaWons Broken Up• Work Can Occur Simultaneously Across a  Cluster• Fault Tolerance *Uses MessageService with AcWveMQ 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 28

FeaturesWeb Services• Implemented via Spring Web Services • Flexible Logging • Flexible Marshalling/RouWng• Security: Basic HTTP Auth over SSL 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 29

FeaturesConfigurable ExtracWon of Data• LIS 2.0 Provides Flexibility (eg. Person  Akributes)• InsWtuWon or SIS May Label Data Differently• Parsing of XML Messages Controlled by  Configurable XPath 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 30

FeaturesPerson ID Mapping• Common Use Case ‐ Sakai EID not in SIS• Pluggable Mapping Service can Consult any  Resource Necessary 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 31

FeaturesAudiWng• Primarily Important for Bulk Data Exchange• Pluggable • Ideal is Asynchronous Response to Data Exchange  Call • Email to Admin• Results Available in Database 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 32

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CONFIGURATION 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 34

Conﬁgura6onSakora Sourcehkps://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/unicon/sakoraMessageService Sourcehkps://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/messageservice/ 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 35

Conﬁgura6onBasicBase for WS URLs:sakora.saipEndpoint=http://localhost:8080/sakai-sakora-tool/servicesConﬁguration for FTP Connection:hostName@net.unicon.sakora.api.handler.url.URLHandlingTemplate.sungard=homeDirectory@net.unicon.sakora.api.handler.url.URLHandlingTemplate.sungard=userId@net.unicon.sakora.api.handler.url.URLHandlingTemplate.sungard=password@net.unicon.sakora.api.handler.url.URLHandlingTemplate.sungard= 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 36

Configura6onAdvanced• Extensive configuraWon in components.xml• DocumentaWon to be updated by rSmart for  (most significantly) AudiWng features 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14‐16 37

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