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Mark Hodgson New College Durham

Don't "make do" with the old snapshot generator, "spend" time improving things with the new SIS Integration Framework. Mark Hodgson New College Durham. Todays Presentation. Presentation – 15mins Q&A – 10mins. Reason for change at NCD.

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Mark Hodgson New College Durham

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  1. Don't "make do" with the old snapshot generator, "spend" time improving things with the new SIS Integration Framework Mark HodgsonNew College Durham

  2. Todays Presentation • Presentation – 15mins • Q&A – 10mins

  3. Reason for change at NCD • Self Hosted – Blackboard 5 -> Blackboard 9.1 SP4, Snapshot Controller • Moved to Managed Hosting – Blackboard 9.1 SP9, Integration Framework

  4. Feed File setup • 7 feed files: • Students (approx 8300 rows) • Staff (approx 780 rows) • Schools (11 rows) • Courses (approx 760 rows) • Course to school mapping (approx 760 rows) • Student to course mapping (approx 20250 rows) • Staff to course mapping (approx 38200 rows)

  5. SIS Integration Framework • New integration features not covered: • Institutional Hierarchy • Terms

  6. Data Integrations • Will be using SIS Integrations option and the Data Sources option.

  7. Data Sources • Used to group data together

  8. Integrations

  9. Integrations

  10. Integrations

  11. Integrations

  12. Integrations – Advanced Config

  13. Integrations – Advanced Config

  14. Integrations – HTTP Information • Details needed to send the feed files to the VLE is on this screen • 3 Operation types – Store, Complete Refresh and Delete

  15. Sending Feed Files to VLE • Via cURL/bin/curl -k -v -H "Content-Type:text/plain" -u <username>:<password> --data-binary @'<feedfile path>' --url <endpoint> • Via manual upload in the GUIThis can be done from the integration screen, choose file to upload, the type of data and the operation type.

  16. Conclusions and Findings • Pros • More knowledge of the whole process • More granular control • Functionality out-of-the-box • Cons • Time - snapshot (5-10mins), integration (50mins)

  17. Q&A • Any questions? • New College Durham Contact details

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