KC-ROLO Project Kidderminster College – Repository Of Learning Objects Inter-Institutional E-learning Graham Mason and Ed Beddows
Project Overview Research into using Core Middleware to allow collaboration with other institutions Use Shibboleth to share E-Learning resources between Institutions e.g. -Projects -Repositories -Courses
How we used to share… Users must exist at each site Administrative nightmare Security issues Does not scale well
The Shibboleth way Shibboleth “Middleware” sits between sites Home site is responsible for authentication The resource owner is still responsible for authorisation
Benefits of Shibboleth Enables institutions to share resources easily, scales well Administrative overhead is reduced Security is enhanced because only one account is needed to access all resources Privacy is maintained, attributes replace the need to use usernames and passwords to authorise access
Components of Shibboleth Origin Users home site, provides authentication and attributes for users Target Resource to be protected by Shibboleth Where Are You From? (WAYF) Used to identify the users home institution
KC-ROLO Shibboleth federation Consists of the following components: Origin’s Kidderminster College University College Worcester RSC West Midlands Targets: Moodle VLE at RSC Repository at Kidderminster College
KC-ROLO Shibboleth federation
How Shibboleth works
More Information KC-ROLO project website http://www.kidderminster.ac.uk/kc-rolo Shibboleth Project website http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/