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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.