Banner to Moodle Integration

Banner-to-Moodle Integration Eric Merrill merrill@oakland.edu Oakland University Metro-Detroit, Michigan

Introduction

Banner Student Information System (SIS)  Made by SunGard HE  Tracks  People  Courses  Enrolments (Enrollments...) 

Goal Import into Moodle  Users  Courses  Enrolments  Real-Time (with LMB) 

Banner/LMB Enrolment Module

Mode of Operation XML message interpretation  Batch Extract Processing  Real-time Message Processing (w/LMB) 

Features Filtering of users  LMB down notifications  New  Multi-File Extract processing  Batch Drops  Significant Speed Increase  More user filter options 

General sourcedid  source - Oakland University SCT Banner  id - 12345 

User Source ID is integer  Contains  Name  Email  Username(s)  Password/PINs  Some institution info 

<person> <sourcedid> <source>Oakland University SCT Banner</source> <id>12345</id> </sourcedid> <userid useridtype = quot;Logon IDquot; password = quot;123456quot;>G0000001</userid> <userid useridtype = quot;SCTIDquot; password = quot;123456quot;>G0000001</userid> <name> <fn>Eric A. Merrill</fn> <n> <family>Merrill</family> <given>Eric</given> <partname partnametype = quot;MiddleNamequot;>A.</partname> </n> </name> <demographics> <gender>1</gender> </demographics> <email>merrill@oakland.edu</email> <institutionrole primaryrole = quot;Noquot; institutionroletype = quot;Studentquot;/> <institutionrole primaryrole = quot;Noquot; institutionroletype = quot;Staffquot;/> <extension> <luminisperson> <academicdegree>Comp Sci</academicdegree> </luminisperson> </extension> </person>

Term Source ID is a term code   like 200940  2009 is year  40 is term A type of group  Contains  Name  Start/End Dates 

<group> <sourcedid> <source>Oakland University SCT Banner</source> <id>200940</id> </sourcedid> <grouptype> <scheme>Luminis</scheme> <typevalue level=quot;1quot;>Term</typevalue> </grouptype> <description> <short>200940</short> <long>Fall Semester 2009</long> </description> <timeframe> <begin restrict=quot;0quot;>2009-09-02</begin> <end restrict=quot;0quot;>2009-12-13</end> </timeframe> <enrollcontrol> <enrollaccept>1</enrollaccept> <enrollallowed>0</enrollallowed> </enrollcontrol> <extension> <luminisgroup> <sort>200940</sort> </luminisgroup> </extension> </group>

Course Source ID is CRN.TermID  43210.200940  Another Group type  Contains  Title  Unit  Start/end dates  Rubric 

<group> <sourcedid> <source>Oakland University SCT Banner</source> <id>43210.200940</id> </sourcedid> <grouptype> <scheme>Luminis</scheme> <typevalue level=quot;1quot;>CourseSection</typevalue> </grouptype> <description> <short>43210</short> <long>ENG-101-001</long> <full>English for Dummies</full> </description> <org> <orgunit>English</orgunit> </org> <timeframe> <begin restrict=quot;0quot;>2009-09-02</begin> <end restrict=quot;0quot;>2009-12-13</end> </timeframe> <relationship relation=quot;1quot;> <sourcedid> <source>Oakland University SCT Banner</source> <id>200940</id> </sourcedid> <label>Term</label> </relationship> </group>

Enrolment Has no source ID  Uses source ID of user and course  Includes a code for drops (only LMB) 

<membership> <sourcedid> <source>Oakland University SCT Banner</source> <id>43210.200940</id> </sourcedid> <member> <sourcedid> <source>Oakland University SCT Banner</source> <id>12345</id> </sourcedid> <idtype>1</idtype> <role roletype = quot;02quot;> <subrole>Subordinate</subrole> <status>1</status> </role> </member> </membership>

Crosslist Source ID  XLSCODETERM  XLSAA200940  Group message and enrolment messages 

<membership> <sourcedid> <source>Oakland University SCT Banner</source> <id>XLSAA200940</id> </sourcedid> <member> <sourcedid> <source>Oakland University SCT Banner</source> <id>43210.200940</id> </sourcedid> <idtype>2</idtype> <role roletype = quot;02quot;> <status>1</status> </role> </member> </membership>

XML Sources

Banner Extract Uses Banner form ICGORLDI - LDIS Extract  Create one or many ﬁles for a term  Extracts are ‘Comprehensive’ 

Luminis Message Broker Individual XML messages  One message per connection  Triggered from changes in Banner  Message is comprehensive for it’s scope  Can be sent to any/many HTTP receivers  Finicky... 

You! Inject XML to effect changes  Crosslistings  Enrolments  Course creation  Make own XML sources 

Plugin Settings

Processing Extracts Pause LMB  Create Extract(s)  Place in XML Folder  Execute Extract  Wait...  Resume LMB 

Behind The Scenes Clears flag on all enrolments in term  Any enrolment in the extract has it’s flag set  After processing is done, drop non-flagged entries 

Luminis Message Broker Real Time Messages  Problems 

Tools Import File(s)  Activate Courses  Retry Enrolments  Show LMB Time 

Upcoming Features More Tools  Better Documentation  More crosslist options  Automatic course activation  Course prepopulation  Multi-Institution Support  Better error handling 

Upcoming Modules Banner 8 Authentication Plugin  Moodle-to-Banner Grades (?) 

Questions?

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