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Introduction to Kuali Student for Boston College POC

Introduction to Kuali Student for Boston College POC. Norman Wright , President/CEO Wright Communications, Inc. What we’re hoping to cover…. Today General Introduction to Kuali Student History, Goals, Concepts, Impacts

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Introduction to Kuali Student for Boston College POC

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  1. Introduction to Kuali Student for Boston College POC Norman Wright, President/CEO Wright Communications, Inc

  2. What we’re hoping to cover…. • Today • General Introduction to Kuali Student • History, Goals, Concepts, Impacts • Technical Introduction • Stack • Developer environment • Tools • Source Tree/Project Structure • Installing the Developer Workbench • Service Contracts • Other Documentation • Installing the Developer Workbench • Simple Example Dictionary Configuration changes • Tomorrow • Configuration Project setup • Types of Configuration • TBD… • Data Mapping • KS Loading Tools • Integration with BC systems Wright Communications, Inc

  3. Who is Norm Wright? 30 Years as a Programmer in Student Systems Part of Kuali Student before it was Kuali Student Not a trainer – Never gave this training before horrible speller Wright Communications, Inc

  4. History…. • “what's behind me is not important!” • Raul Julia from Gumball Rally • Except when it helps you understand the present Wright Communications, Inc

  5. The four forces that shape Kuali Student Community Source Rules as 1st Class Citizens High Level Entities Service Oriented Architecture Concierge User Centric Wright Communications, Inc

  6. The fifth force that shapes Kuali Student Community Source Kuali Brand Rules as 1st Class Citizens High Level Entities Service Oriented Architecture Concierge User Centric Wright Communications, Inc

  7. Community Source Originally focus was on Open Source What’s the difference? Wright Communications, Inc

  8. Impact of Community Source Force • 80/20 Goal for the Application • Of the 20% functionality not met by application • 10% from configuration • 10% from institutional enhancements • Some Enhancements expected to be contributed back

  9. Questions Wright Communications, Inc

  10. High Level Entities • Learning Unit • Learning Results • Time Unit • Organization • Person Wright Communications, Inc

  11. Richard Spencer’s Learning Unit A “learning unit number” is like a SKU... It can be a course; single lecture in a course; 15 minute student presentation in a course, participation in community service, any activity that the student wants to include on a formal or co-curricular transcript.  We can also have: learning results, learning plans, learning resources. (from Richard Spencer’s presentation) Wright Communications, Inc

  12. What is the impact of Learning Units? • Blog Post I wrote for Kuali Student insider • 3 years ago • A Course is a Course • of Course of Course… Wright Communications, Inc

  13. Learning Unit Spectrum More Specific Wright Communications, Inc

  14. Time Unit Model – Duration & Season(ality) Course Time Periods Program Time Periods Four Year Program Freshman Year 1st Term Freshman 2nd Semester Freshman Sophomore Year Junior Year Senior Year • Academic Year • Fall Term • Fall Mini-mester 1 • Fall Mini-mester 2 • Winter Term • Spring Term • Summer Term Wright Communications, Inc

  15. Org Model – Hierarchy and Relationships Main Hierarchy Curriculum Hierarchy Wright Communications, Inc

  16. Break….. Wright Communications, Inc

  17. Service Oriented Architecture Wright Communications, Inc

  18. KS SOA and OKI OSIDS www.okiproject.org Wright Communications, Inc

  19. Kuali Student SOA -- Goals • Interoperability • Configurability • Usability

  20. Kuali Student Interoperability Module A Impl A Service Contract Module B Impl B Module C Mock Impl • Many to Many - Definition From OKI

  21. Top Down Approach Service ContractDefinition on WIKI Scraper Expresses as Java Java Interface CXF Some Future Transformer WSDL PHP Interface???? Wright Communications, Inc

  22. Kuali Student SOA - Configurability Class II Service Credit Course Class I Service Learning Unit Type Definition Program (Major, Minor, etc) Types and States Dictionary Wright Communications, Inc

  23. SOA Impact on project • Source Tree • API projects • Impl projects • UI projects • Architectural Stack • Class I services • Class II Services • Consistency Wright Communications, Inc

  24. Questions Wright Communications, Inc

  25. Rules as first class citizens R1 – Curriculum Management Requisite Rules (prereq, co-req, restrictions, etc) Program Entrance Requirements Program Graduation Requirements R2 -- Registration Eligibility and Registration Priority Rules GPA Calculation Rules Credit Application Rules Tuition and Fees Wright Communications, Inc

  26. Rules operate on Sets The list of courses that fulfill the writing requirement Upper level 500 Courses Wright Communications, Inc

  27. Rules as 1st class citizens impact “Can’t find field for…” Rules Execution is not done – just authoring Able to do Impact Analysis Wright Communications, Inc

  28. Kuali Brand – RICE Integration • Identity (KIM) • Workflow (KEW) Service Bus (KSB) Wright Communications, Inc

  29. Person…… TBD…. ????? Wright Communications, Inc

  30. Kuali Student Rice Impact Special KS Rice modules for the integration All the KEW functionality available KIM pluggable Identity Service works Cannot run KS without Rice Wright Communications, Inc

  31. Questions/The End Wright Communications, Inc

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