Just a quick note
We got Web Folders working with Shibb :-)
Malcolm.
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Dr Malcolm Murray
Learning Technologies Team Leader
IT Service
Durham University
-----Original Message-----
From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cathy Colless
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 3:09 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Shibboleth with Blackboard
Hi Nigel,
You probably already know these issues...
1) The students from the "another institution" will still need user
accounts and enrolments pre-created in your BB before they can login.
Hence you will need to run snapshots (or some other batch account
creation
process) based on a data-feed from the other institutions user/student
system(s).
There is NO "just-in-time" creation of the accounts based on shib
attributes.
So it's kinda just shib for shib's own sake (at this stage) you still
need full system integration with the other institutions user management
systems.
2) Internally within Blackboard the usernames of both instructions share
the same space, so there is the potential for username clashes (not with
Shib obviously but with the snapshot to create the user accounts).
3) Web Folders in the CMS do not work for Shib authenticated users
4) Direct access login does not work with shib authentication.
I imagine BB will develop the Shib stuff further at some stage so that
accounts and enrolments can be created based on shib attributes passed
at login time, but that is not the case just yet.
HTH
Cathy Colless
VLE Application Manager
e-Learning Development Team
Projects Office
Raymond Burton Library
University of York
York YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 1140
Fax: +44 (0)1904 32 1130
http://vlesupport.york.ac.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frost N.J.
Sent: 17 December 2007 14:26
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Shibboleth with Blackboard
Hi,
I'm just starting on a project to implement Shibboleth authentication
for Blackboard, specifically for students from another institution.
I've got a bit of learning to do on the Shibboleth side, but there is
one question that particularly concerns me...
Is it possible to maintain the current LDAP/AD authentication for
internal students, while at the same time providing Shibboleth WAYF for
a few external students?
If we have to move all access to Shibboleth, that will massively
increase the scope of the project. Is it feasible to simply provide a
different URL for the Shibboleth route?
Has anyone had any experience of this?
Regards,
Nigel
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Nigel Frost
Project Manager
Information Systems Services
University of Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON SO17 1BJ
email: [log in to unmask]
phone: 023 8059 8826 (ext 28826)
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