1. IMS LIS 2.0 & Sakai
Nate Angell, Sakai Product Manager, The rSmart Group, Inc.
Duffy Gillman, Sr. Software Engineer, The rSmart Group, Inc.
Alan Hanson, VP Product Management, Teaching and Learning, Sungard SCT

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Overview
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Overview
Improved Ability for Synching Data
rSmart Increment to Sakora Tool Contributed by Unicon
Learning Information Services (LIS) 2.0
IMS Global Learning Consortium
Standard for SIS - LMS Integration
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Problem Space
Courses
Sites
Sections
CLE
Groups
SIS
Instructors
Synchronization
&
Mapping
Students
Roles
Enrollments
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Sakai SIS Integration
SIS Batch
Template Site Shells
Automatic Site Creation per Course
CLE
SIS
Site
Templates
Batch
Files
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Sakai SIS Integration
Course Management (CM)
Rich Course Data Model
Data Staged in Sakai
Rosters Pulled in at Site Creation Time
CLE
SIS
Staging
Tables
Batch
Files
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Sakai SIS Integration
Course Management - Site/Roster Mapping
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Sakora Builds on Course Management
Site Creator Maps Rosters to Sites
Additional Import Capabilities
rSmart Partnership with Sungard to Incorporate and Test LIS 2.0 with Sakora
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9. Banner Integration for eLearning with LIS 2.0
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10. IMS Learning Information Services 2.0
SunGard views the Learning Information Services 2.0 specification as a significant step forward in terms of delivering a robust, comprehensive, and service-oriented industry standard
SunGard Higher Education is committed to adopting LIS 2.0 and has already completed coding and testing for the core functionality
SunGard plans to start Beta testing LIS 2.0 compliant integration capabilities in Q2, 2011
eLearning 8.0.x (IMS 1.1) and eLearning 8.1+ (LIS 2.0) will coexist, but ultimately customers will need to upgrade
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11. Learning Information Services 2.0 Specifications
Person Management Service (PMS)
Group Management Service (GMS)
Membership Management Service (MMS)
Course Management Service (CMS) NEW
Outcomes Management Service (OMS) - NEW
Bulk Data Exchange Management Service (BDEMS) - NEW
WSDL Bindings for all SOAP-based web services
Higher Education Profile
SunGard Higher Education Profile
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Bulk Data Exchange
Provides export of data out of Banner in batch mode
Process extracts data and formats data into LIS 2.0 compliant XML objects
Output into one or multiple files
Two major administrative concepts:
Filter Criteria
Tasks
Once the bulk data file is created in an LIS 2.0 compliant format it is the responsibility of the partner system to import it
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Filter Criteria – 1 of 3
Allows user to select and filter the data extracted from the
Banner database and produced in the xml output file.
Filter Name
Filter Description
Population Selection (use any existing Banner Population Selection).
Term Selection – All or Selected
College Selection – All or Selected
Department Selection - All or Selected
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Filter Criteria – 2 of 3
Person Selection (capability to select persons who have a Logon ID only)
Filter based on person roles:
Institution Roles:
Student, Faculty, Learner, Instructor, Staff, Alumni, ProspectiveStudent, Administrator, None
Custom Roles (continue to publish existing custom roles):
Friends, Finance, DevelopmentOfficer, Prospect, Applicant, InstitutionAccept, ApplicantAccept, BannerINB, Finaid
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Filter Criteria – 3 of 3
Partner Code Selection
For one or more LMS (Learning Management System)
Institution Codes
For clients using Multi-Entity Processing - Pending
Inactive Enrollments
Faculty Department
Course Data – All, Limited, Specific, Active or None
Course Section Data – All, Limited, Specific or None
Student Enrollment Data – All, Limited, Specific or None
Cross List Data – All, Limited, Specific or None
Faculty Assignment – All, Limited Specific or None
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Task Definitions
Allows user to define, organize and schedule Bulk Data Extract tasks
Task Name
Task Description
File Location
File Size Limit (in MB)
Partner Name
Works in conjunction with Filter Criteria
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17. Bulk Data Exchange – Service Operations
announceBulkDataExchange – This operation is provided by the target application (in LMS terminology the “Sync Agent” - Luminis, rSmart, Blackboard etc.,). Once an extract file is complete, we have the capability to call this operation.
reportBulkDataExchange – Our solution exposes a web service for the Sync Agent system to report the status of the bulk data import.
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18. Bulk Data Exchange – Person data extract use case
User configures filter criteria for bulk Person data extract
Bulk Data Extract process is executed and produces Bulk Data Transaction File(s) constrained by configuration
Maximum file size can be specified resulting in multiple Transaction Files depending on volume of data
Once the process is complete a ‘bulkBlockManifest’ object is created to inform the consuming system regarding the Transaction File(s) to be picked up and processed
The ‘bulkBlockManifest’ is incorporated into an announceBulkDataExchange SOAP Request which is transmitted to the service endpoint exposed by the consuming system (the Learning Management System (LMS))
announceBulkDataExchange response is received by Integration for eLearning
Data transfer is initiated either via FTP or directly via HTTPS
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19. Bulk Data Exchange Interaction Diagram – Banner Initiated
(Banner SIS)
(Sakai CLE)
announceBulkDataExchange
reportBulkDataExchange
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20. Integration for e-Learning 8.1 Real-time Integration Architecture
Luminis LIS 2.0
Service Layer
Banner
Luminis
Banner Event Publisher (BEP)
Network / Internet
Integration for eLearning
Single sign-on
Sakai CLE LIS 2.0
Service Layer
Allows disparate systems to communicate via service calls
Sakai 24
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Sakora LIS 2.0 Extension
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Sakora Developed by Unicon
LIS 2.0 Extension by rSmart
Tested with Sakai 2.7 and 2.8
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Architecture
Parses individual
XML methods
(eg. replacePerson,
replaceCourse, ...)
into calls to CM
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24. Real-time Service Calls
LIS SOAP Method
Affects CM Object
replacePerson
Person
replaceGroup
Term, College
replaceCourseTemplate
Course
replaceCourseOffering
Course Section
replaceSection
replaceMembership
Enrollment
replaceSectionAssociation
Cross-Listing
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25. LIS - Banner - Sakai Data Mapping
Person
User
Group
Term
Course Template
Course
Canonical Course
Course Section
Section
Course Offering
College
Course Set
Department
Membership
Student Enrollment
Faculty Assignment
Section Association
Cross Listing
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Bulk Data Exchange
Initial and Periodic Synchronization
Triggers Batch Process
Sakora Fetches Batch Via FTP
Bulk Data Format Parsed to Real-time Calls
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27. Bulk Data Message Format
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Features
Message Queueing
“Fire and Forget”
Large Operations Broken Up
Work Can Occur Simultaneously Across a Cluster
Fault Tolerance
*Uses MessageService with ActiveMQ
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Features
Web Services
Implemented via Spring Web Services
Flexible Logging
Flexible Marshalling/Routing
Security: Basic HTTP Auth over SSL
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Features
Configurable Extraction of Data
LIS 2.0 Provides Flexibility (eg. Person Attributes)
Institution or SIS May Label Data Differently
Parsing of XML Messages Controlled by Configurable XPath
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Features
Person ID Mapping
Common Use Case - Sakai EID not in SIS
Pluggable Mapping Service can Consult any Resource Necessary
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Features
Auditing
Primarily Important for Bulk Data Exchange
Pluggable
Ideal is Asynchronous Response to Data Exchange Call
to Admin
Results Available in Database
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CONFIGURATION
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Configuration
Sakora Source
MessageService Source
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Configuration
Basic
Base for WS URLs:
sakora.saipEndpoint=
Configuration for FTP Connection:
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Configuration
Advanced
Extensive configuration in components.xml
Documentation to be updated by rSmart for (most significantly) Auditing features
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