1. KC-ROLO Project Kidderminster College – Repository Of Learning Objects
Inter-Institutional E-learning
Graham Mason and Ed Beddows

2. 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

3. How we used to share… Users must exist at each site
Administrative nightmare
Security issues
Does not scale well

4. The Shibboleth way Shibboleth “Middleware” sits between sites
Home site is responsible for authentication
The resource owner is still responsible for authorisation

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. KC-ROLO Shibboleth federation

9. How Shibboleth works

10. More Information
KC-ROLO project website
Shibboleth Project website