Annotation of loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Coordination_Overview.tex, revision 1.7
1.2 raeburn 1: \label{Domain_Coordination_Overview}
1.1 raeburn 2: The Domain Coordination Manual includes both a description of tasks
1.4 raeburn 3: which require standard LON-CAPA interaction via a web browser, with
1.1 raeburn 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
1.5 raeburn 6: one individual may complete both these types of task, whereas in others
1.1 raeburn 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}
1.5 raeburn 25: \item Authentication via an institutional authentication service (e.g., LDAP)
1.1 raeburn 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}
1.3 raeburn 32: There are two perl modules included in LON-CAPA (\emph{localauth.pm}
33: and \emph{localenroll.pm}, both located in \emph{/home/httpd/lib/perl})
34: which need to be customized to provide the integration with institutional
35: systems. Although customization and testing will involve a systems
36: administrator, and programmer(s) at an institution, a Domain Coordinator
37: is likely to be involved in the design and testing phases of the integration,
38: if not in the actual implementation. Set-up of a standalone LON-CAPA
39: instance on a separate server is advised for the purposes of implementing
40: and testing institutional integration, before enabling the new functionality
41: on the production system.
1.1 raeburn 42:
43: Besides the integration described above, at present customization
1.6 raeburn 44: of \emph{localenroll.pm} is also needed to define user population terms/titles
1.3 raeburn 45: used at an institution (e.g., Faculty, Staff, Students), and also
46: to define official course categories (e.g., Year, Semester, Department,
1.7 ! bisitz 47: Number) which can be used as filters when searching the Course/Community Catalog.
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