KCROLO Project Kidderminster College Repository Of Learning Objects

KC-ROLO Project Kidderminster College – Repository Of Learning Objects Inter-Institutional E-learning Graham Mason and Ed Beddows

Project Overview n Research into using Core Middleware to allow collaboration with other institutions n Use Shibboleth to share E-Learning resources between Institutions e. g. -Projects -Repositories -Courses

How we used to share… n n Users must exist at each site Administrative nightmare Security issues Does not scale well

The Shibboleth way n n n Shibboleth “Middleware” sits between sites Home site is responsible for authentication The resource owner is still responsible for authorisation

Benefits of Shibboleth n Enables institutions to share resources easily, scales well n Administrative overhead is reduced n Security is enhanced because only one account is needed to access all resources n Privacy is maintained, attributes replace the need to usernames and passwords to authorise access

Components of Shibboleth n Origin Users home site, provides authentication and attributes for users n Target Resource to be protected by Shibboleth n Where Are You From? (WAYF) Used to identify the users home institution

KC-ROLO Shibboleth federation Consists of the following components: n Origin’s Kidderminster College University College Worcester RSC West Midlands n Targets: Moodle VLE at RSC Repository at Kidderminster College

KC-ROLO Shibboleth federation

How Shibboleth works

More Information n KC-ROLO project website http: //www. kidderminster. ac. uk/kc-rolo n Shibboleth Project website http: //shibboleth. internet 2. edu/