1. uPortal experiences Linköpings universitet
Joakim Björklund
Director of IT services division
Linköpings universitet

2. University of Linköping is located some 200 km south of Stockholm.
LiU
University of Linköping is located some 200 km south of Stockholm.
Became a university 1975
LiU has students and 3500 employees.
LiU has 3 main campuses – 2 in Linköping and 1 in Norrköping (40 km from Linköping)

3. Studentportal launched 1 July 1999.
LiU
Studentportal launched 1 July 1999.
Project: Build the framework for a Portal with focus on Selfservice and administration
Contains: Registration (for classes and programs), Credits, Exam-registration and more
Homegrown, written in Perl
Launched an pilot “Employee-portal” – myLiU 1 June 2002.
Uses uPortal as its application framework.

4. Launched an pilot “Employee-portal” – myLiU 1 June 2002.
Limited user base (approx )
Uses uPortal as its application / presentation framework.
Main purpose of implementation was two applications: Academic merits portfolio and Virtual Project office
Launch-project is underway spring 2003.

5. LiUPass – Stores passwords and provide authentication
Provides Singe-Sign-On to some systems
The problem of different vendors different SSO systems

6. Project will deliver its result before 31 august 2003.
LiU
Studentportal version 2. We have launched a project that will explore the possibility to integrate the old Perl code (using http) into uPortal and start using the uPortal framework as primary platform instead.
Connection to LiUPass
Project will deliver its result before 31 august

7. First we tried Oracle portal… Restart with uPortal.
LiU
First we tried Oracle portal…
Restart with uPortal.
Make sure all stakeholders are on track!
Identity management
Authorization
Internationalization
Integration
Find your killer app!?!

8. Lets see the Portals!