Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way Sri Giridharan, Manager Web Services Michael Procopio, Web Services Developer Gratuitous Plug

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, About Seton Hall University  Location: South Orange, New Jersey (14 miles from NYC)  Undergraduate enrollment: 5,300  Graduate enrollment: 4,500  Total faculty: 860  Total administrators: 550

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Current Configuration Learning Management Content Commerce Lotus Notes Apps Lotus Notes DBs Webmail Student Information System Self-Service Banner Interet Native Banner Banner

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, The Goal  Technical perspective –One-time authentication –Seamless/secure access to Univ. systems/apps.  Community perspective –Customizable workspace –Just-in-time content –Community development features.

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Lotus Notes Apps Lotus Notes DBs Webmail Proposed Configuration Learning Management Commerce Student Information System Self-Service Banner Interet Native Banner Banner Content Luminis

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, The Pilot  Focus groups –Student, faculty, administrators and information stakeholders  What do they want –Students: social networking, ability to design their own content –Faculty: see what students see, easy access to course rosters –Admins: access to data based on job function –All: timely alerts, easy access to personal information, categorized topics of interest

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, The Pilot (cont’d.)  Pilot users –50 students –50 admins & faculty (including CPs)  Features –Existing login credentials –Links to courses & announcements –Integrated Banner channels – –Feedback dropbox

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Architecture Overview SSO connectors

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, BB Commerce Architecture Overview SSO connectors Banner DB Active Directory Library BB Community Banner INB Scheduler Webmail Self Service SSO LMG Lotus Notes Housing

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Blackboard Integration  Established via CPIP  Courses/Orgs (announcements)  Content System  Commerce/Pirate Gold  Existing modules recreated as inline frames

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Lotus Notes Integration  Established via CPIP  Access to Lotus Notes applications –Help desk tickets –Tutor/Advisement sessions –Password management –Phone directory –Training registration –Asset management

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Integration  Webmail  Exchange   Challenges –IMAP over SSL not supported Workaround: Proxy … only supports 1 server Non-configurable SSL ports –Personal

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Banner Integration  User accounts  Events: –Flow from Banner  Luminis, Active Directory & Blackboard  Course assignments & enrollments  Banner channels

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Feeding the monster…

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Communication Central - Why  broadcasts made us very unpopular –No one reads s  Important announcements were ignored  Sharing Intranet vs. public content  CPs wanted to reuse broadcasts

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Communication Central - What  Real time  Feeds portal channels  Ability to refine target audience  Searchable and reusable  Mandatory and Optional channels  Security: who can broadcast to whom

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Communication Central

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Dynamic Content

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Dynamic Content

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Luminis Features  Using –Banner Integration –Groups –Targeted Announcements –Calendar  Not Using –Course Studio –User Attributes (bug) –Luminis

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Performance Testing / Metrics  Using jMeter  Simulating login, access to BB and SSB  Results: –Can support 300 users in 30 secs –Degrades beyond 400 users  On the lookout for alternative tools

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Concurrent IT Initiatives Active Directory LDI for e-Learning Authentication FutureCurrent Faculty Admins Students IDM CMS Integration

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Challenges  Bridging expectations –Students vs Faculty vs Admins  Resources –Physical & intellectual  Timing –In the making for 2+ years with changing infrastructure  Roles and skills –Sys Admins & content providers

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Future Plans  More personalization –Choice of skins –User groups –Social network integration  Banner Channel development  Dynamic integration with public content  Feeds from university scheduler

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Future Plans (cont’d)  Load balanced Banner  Mobility initiative –Deliver services on smart phones  Calendar synchronization –“Mark Your Calendar” feature  Banner 8  CAS

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Demo

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6, Questions

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6,

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6,

Our Pilot Adventure with Luminis IV Leading the Way - Monday, October 6,