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Integrating SAIP with Moodle using LIS - HEUG EMEA 2013
- 1. Phil Nicholls HEUG EMEALondon 2013 Integrating SAIP with Moodle using LIS
- 2. Introduction • Psydev havecreated middleware to integrate SAIP with Moodle, the ubiquitous Open Source Learning Management System • The integration was made possible using the open standard: LIS. • I will present some information on LIS • I will show the video demo of the integration
- 3. Introduction: Phil Nicholls •Software Developer since ’95 (mostly standards) • Psydev: consultants specialising in interoperability standards • “LIS Guy” / Tech Facilitator for IMS Global • Based in Sheffield, UK • www.linkedin.com/in/philnicholls • @psydevuk
- 4. What is LISfor? • Different systems take different views of the same data. • LIS is a specification that allows systems to exchange information about people, courses, groups, memberships and outcomes in a standard way • Commonly it is used to integrate Student Information Systems (SISs) with LMSs…
- 5. LIS Scenarios Student InformationSystem Learning Management System Library Management System Learning Object Repository Timetabling and Scheduling Users, courses, enrollmentsUsers, enrollments Users Courses (+schedules) grades Users LIS APIs
- 6. Where did LIScome from • The specification has been built over several years by IMS Global, a not for profit member organisation. • LIS contributors include Oracle, Ellucian, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Psydev • www.imsglobal.org/developers/lisalliance
- 7. Why use astandard like LIS? • Built by a wider community • Removes need for people to code to many individual APIs across lots of systems. • Conformance Test support • Avoids lots of “pairwise” integrations • Easier migration path • Opens opportunities with partners
- 8. Current State ofPlay • Oracle and Ellucian have passed conformance on the SIS end. • Psydev (Moodle / Ref), Desire2Learn and MoodleRooms have passed conformance on the LMS end. • Testing now for moving grade data to SIS • Work now going on to look at Timetabling and Scheduling
- 9. The Moodle Integration •Psdyev had already created Gateway, a “vanilla” database backed implementation for LIS. • We wanted to see if our approach would work with an actual LMS. • Moodle is well known to us, so it was a natural choice.
- 10. How • Use Psydev’sexisting Gateway as the LIS “Listener”: – Java based / Tomcat / DB / VM, independent of SAIP and Moodle • Write a Moodle driver for Gateway • Write moodle plugins to extend API where required.
- 11. The Challenges • DataMapping between SAIP / LIS and Moodle • Service Mapping between SAIP / LIS and Moodle • Limitations / Differences in Moodle’s API (at the time) • Testing (BIG thank you to Oracle staff in California, and NDUS)
- 12. What we learned •Approach does work • Bulk processing of SAIP extracts is strong • Need to handle custom work, but framework allows this • Need to handle deviations from the LIS model • Approach extensible to other systems (talking now to EPortfolio companies, but also applicable to home grown)
- 13. What’s Next • LISOutcomes – Code is written and internally checked, need to get some testing time with Oracle • Software As A Service • Keep pace with Moodle (2.2, 2.3, 2.4 … now 2.5) • Other partner systems • LIS 2.1 (next year?)
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- 15. Links, Q&A SAIP MoodleVideo: youtu.be/Mtr5OE4llBc Psydev’s white paper on LIS: bit.ly/15092xa Moodle Integration Factsheet: bit.ly/14seGs3 Spec: www.imsglobal.org/lis IMS Global: www.imsglobal.org
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