Brown University Infrastructure Support for Teaching and Learning Applications at Brown University John Spadaro Sept. 24, 2008

Instructional Applications WebCT Course Web Pages Course Bulk ITunes Wiki (Confluence)

Problem: Course Roles Faculty frustration with lack of access for edge cases. Registrar’s list doesn’t match faculty needs. –Vagabonds –TA’s –Departmental technical staff –Departmental administrative staff –Faculty colleagues

4 MACE Grouper: Course Group Schema Course : [ Subject ] : [ Number ] : [ Term ] : [ Section ] –All Administrator –Instructor (Provisioned) –TeachingAssistant –Manager Contributor –ContentDeveloper –Mentor Learner –Student (Provisioned) –Auditor –Vagabond [ brackets ] indicate dynamic data Bold indicates eduCourse/IMS compatible role Schema is flattened to provision LDAP –12 groups per course provision hasMember attribute in Groups ou –Person objects get isMemberOf pointers to groups

Application Role Mapping Documented how Grouper groups map to application roles Application integration characteristics allow some flexibility Mapping highly dependent on user feedback MACE Grouper Course GroupsiTunesMajordomoConfluenceWebCT All Recipient list, Discussion SenderCan Use AdministratorInstructorBroadcast SenderSpace Admin Instructors (provisioned) Instructor Managers TAs TA and Designer ContributorInstructor Space Admin Content Developers Designer Mentors LearnerStudent Auditors Auditor Students (provisioned, read only) Student Vagabonds Auditor Other, outside MACE GrouperSuper Admin Super Admin(s)

Problem: Enabling Faculty Faculty unaware of array of instructional applications available Faculty demands for last minute setup. Faculty shouldn’t need to understand underlying infrastructure

Faculty Gateway: Landing Page

Faculty Gateway: Course Page

Request Page - MyCourses