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1.1 ! raeburn 1: \label{Domain_Coordination_Ovrwview}
! 2: The Domain Coordination Manual includes both a description of tasks
! 3: which require standard LON-CAPA interaction via a web browser , with
! 4: the Domain Coordinator role active, but also tasks which require command
! 5: line access to the primary library server in a domain. In some cases
! 6: one individual may complete boththese types of task, whereas in others
! 7: a separate Systems Administrator may need to be called upon for tasks
! 8: completed from the command line.
! 9:
! 10: With the Domain Coordinator role active, the Main Menu provides a
! 11: Domain Coordinator with access to the functionality needed to complete
! 12: the routine tasks which a Domain Coordinator carries out, including
! 13: creation of courses and assignment of course coordinator and author
! 14: roles. Courses can be created interactively by completing a web form,
! 15: or can be created in batch mode by uploading a file containing course
! 16: specifications for one or more courses. Addition of users/roles can
! 17: similarly be carried out interactively, or by uploading a text file
! 18: of users. The Domain Coordinator may also periodically need to modify
! 19: domain settings via the Domain Configuration menu.
! 20:
! 21: LON-CAPA provides hooks to permit integration with institutional information
! 22: systems to support the following procedures:
! 23:
! 24: \begin{itemize}
! 25: \item Authentication via an institutional authntication service (e.g., LDAP)
! 26: \item Automatic updates of classlists
! 27: \item Automatic updates of user information
! 28: \item Retrieval of institutional user information for individual users
! 29: \item Searches for users at the institution
! 30: \item Automatic import of student photos from an institutional repository
! 31: \end{itemize}
! 32: There are two perl modules included in LON-CAPA (localauth.pm and
! 33: localenroll.pm) which need to be customized to provide the integration
! 34: with institutional systems. Although customization and testing will
! 35: involve a systems administrator, and programmer(s) at an institution,
! 36: a Domain Coordinator is likely to be involved in the design and testing
! 37: phases of the integration, if not in the actual implementation. Set-up
! 38: of a standalone LON-CAPA instance on a separate server is advised
! 39: for the purposes of implementing and testing institutional integration,
! 40: before enabling the new functionality on the production system.
! 41:
! 42: Besides the integration described above, at present customization
! 43: of localenroll.pm is also needed to define user populations used at
! 44: an institution (e.g., Faculty, Staff, Students), and also to define
! 45: official course categories (e.g., Year, Semester, Department, Number)
! 46: which can be used as filters when searching the Course Catalog.
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