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1.2     ! raeburn     1: \label{Domain_Coordination_Overview}
1.1       raeburn     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.