Derek, There is information on the Blackboard developers network. http://devnet.webct.com
David Durr, Dean Technology and Learning Pulaski Technical College Open Source First -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Ethier Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:33 AM To: Yale CAS mailing list Subject: Re: New Deployment--Advice There has been discussion on the Google Apps API group around integration with CAS with an extended SAML interface. You might want to check out the group at: http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-apis/topics?start= I'm interested in the Blackboard integration with the Shib plugin, do you have any documentation around that? d. Yale CAS mailing list <[email protected]> on April 23, 2007 at 9:34 AM -0500 wrote: >We have been testing CAS for the last month or so, but can't seem to nail down >a configuration that serves all our needs. Things keep getting scuttled as >new needs arise and possibilities become available. Perhaps some input from >those more experienced could help. > >On June 1, I need to deploy a simple portal. The portal will provide 9,000 >students with access to content and services they need to use regularly. We >have looked at many portal solutions, but decided to hack up Moodle and use >it. There are many reasons for this, but the most important one is that we >know Moodle well and have talented PHP/MySQL folks on staff. It will work for >what we are trying to do. > >The first goal of this project is to get everyone using a single account. We >have a variety of systems running and over the years each evolved it's own >account structure. We have solved this issue. We are importing all student >accounts from our student management system into Active Directory. This makes >AD our basic directory service. > >However, we would also like to make SSO available. This is where things get a >bit more complicated. We use Blackboard (AKA WebCT) CE 6.0., Moodle 1.8, >Google Apps for email, and a legacy student management system. CAS helps with >several of these applications. I have found "recipes" that will help adapt >these applications, but there are some trouble spots. > >Blackboard--It seems like the best way to integrate Blackboard is to use the >Shibboleth Power Link available from Blackboard. > >Moodle 1.8--Moodle has a CAS plug-in, but it is broken for 1.8, Moodle's >latest release. It has been assigned in Moodle's bug tracker, but no >estimated date is available, and I need to have this portal available on June >1. Moodle also has a Shibboleth plug-in which apparently works in Moodle 1.8. > >Google Apps--Google has an API using SAML 2.0. > >Student Management System--Will have to be customized. This is a legacy >application with no support for SSO. > >I am primarily concerned about SSO for the first three >applications--Blackboard, Moodle, and Google Apps. The third is a work in >progress. > >Blackboard and Moodle will work with Shibboleth, so I have considered >installing CAS 3.07 using the Shibboleth plug-in. However, this doesn't help >with Google Apps. CAS 3.1m2 supports SAML, but I don't know whether is >supports SAML 2.0, and it is not a production release. Still, this might be >worth a gamble since it seems to meet all the needs. > >Any advice? >_______________________________________________ >Yale CAS mailing list >[email protected] >http://tp.its.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/cas _______________________________________________ Yale CAS mailing list [email protected] http://tp.its.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/cas _______________________________________________ Yale CAS mailing list [email protected] http://tp.its.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/cas
