1. LMS @ U.Porto Susana Leitão | sleitao@reit.up.ptsleitao@reit.up.pt GATIUP | gatiup@reit.up.pt

2. Topics U.Porto LMS – Chronology – Architectures and Technologies – Numbers and statistics LMS maintenance – Team organization – Best practices Integration LMS-SiGARRA – Authentication – Automatic LMS population – Work in progress Procedures for the support of teachers and student

3. LMS - Chronology WebCT CE Luvit WebCT Vista Moodle 98/9999/0000/0101/0202/0303/0404/0505/06 WebCT CE WebCT Vista Luvit FEUP Luvit UP 06/07 07/0808/0909/10 Moodle ?

4. LMS - Architectures and Technologies App WebCT CE + DB App WebCT Vista DB OS: Linux/Apache App: PERL DB: File System OS: Linux/WebLogic App: Java (J2EE) DB: Oracle App Luvit DB OS: Windows/ IIS App: ASP, Vb DB: SQL Server App Moodle + DB OS: Linux/Apache App: PHP DB: MySQL DELL PowerEdge 2850 4 Gb RAM 2 x Xeon 3.2 36G DELL Power Edge 2650 2G RAM 2x Xeon 3GHz 140G DELL Power Edge 1750 2G RAM 2x Xeon 3GHz 36G HP Proliant DL 380 G4 4 Gb RAM 2 x Xeon 3.2 146GB DELL Power Edge 2650 2G RAM 2x Xeon 3GHz 140G 1x 1GHz Intel Pentium III 2GB RAM 72 GB

5. LMS - Numbers and statistics 03|0404|0505|0606|0707|08 faculties714111314 disciplines20100200270+30270+130 users1000430050008200+4009000+4000 platforms WebCT CE WebCT CE Luvit WebCT CE WebCT Vista Luvit WebCT Vista Moodle Access 2007 WebCT: 1.77 terabytes – average 5.20 GB per day Moodle: average 2000 accesses per month Aproximate numbers

6. LMS - Team Organization System Administratio n DataBase Administration Application Administration IS Programmers 4 teams Before 2005 System Administratio n Application Administration After 2005

7. LMS - Best Practices Backups – Systems Backups (daily) – DB Backups (daily) – Course Backups (weekly/monthly) – Stand-by database Logs – Backup access logs (Analog,Webalizer) New academic year – Copy content to new section System down – Same period of the week (Friday afternoon) – Announcements Upgrades – Keep system updated, but never be the first :) – Test server

8. Integration LMS-SiGARRA In production – Single-sign-on (WebCT 2005) – LMS users and courses population (WebCT 2005+Moodle 2008) – Users and courses automatic synchronization (Moodle) In development – Single-sign-on (Moodle) – My eLearning – Classifications eLearning – Summaries – …

9. Integration LMS-SiGARRA Single-sign-on (WebCT Vista) – More involvement in UP virtual environment – A password less: better for users and support APIAPI SiGARRA WebCT Vista http Java

10. Integration LMS-SiGARRA Users and courses population – Faster and easier process to keep updated – Less vulnerable to errors APIAPI Java SiGARRA WebCT Vista XML http IMS Enterprise OK/NOK U.Porto IMS A P I Moodle PL/SQL XML http IMS Enterprise http Automatic synch Admin

11. Procedures for the support of teachers and student Portal eLearning@UP – Forms, FAQs and news Personal support – LMS server or application issue – Blackboard support Faculty informatics support – Client configuration issue