[Xerte] Authentication

[RonM]

We already have that kind of moodle integration working but not by using the
moodle networking functionality. E.g. you visit toolkits and it redirects
you to login to moodle. Login to moodle and follow a link to toolkits and
you're automatically using your own toolkits workspace. The disadvantage of
the way it works at the moment is that toolkits and moodle need to be on the
same server whereas I think moodle networking allows integration with
external servers. I suspect the latter may need to wait for a 1.5 release.

Will share the moodle zip patch asap next week.

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hopkins
Sent: 29 May 2009 15:36
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Authentication

 

Have you seen the way Moodle and Mahara can be integrated using MNET (Moodle
Network)?

 

This gives an overview of how those applications can interface:

 

https://eduforge.org/docman/view.php/176/3200/Mahoodle.pdf

 

Once setup, in Moodle there is a link in the side block "network servers"
(default name). You click the link to "Mahara", and it logs you in
automagically, and copies over your profile. 

 

A simpler version of that for Xerte would be a nice trick as staff could
just click a link in Moodle and be logged into Xerte. When they logged out
of Xerte they would be returned to the page they were on in Moodle. Very
slick, great for staff moving between the two applications. 

 

Moodle would then handle all authentication for Xerte.

 

I am not sure how much work this would be. For Mahara the driver was to
allow students to send content from Moodle to their portfolio, with Moodle
2.0 we will be able to do a lot more than just log in to Mahara.

 

Jeremy

 

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Rochford, Thomas
Sent: 29 May 2009 15:11
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Authentication

 

Hi Ron,

 

Yes, if we can use Moodle as an authentication system then it makes a lot of
sense to ACL providers who can then take a wireless laptop into a civic hall
with Moodle on a stick and allow people to get onto both Moodle and Xerte
using adhoc wireless connections. The same obviously goes for prisons. 

 

Kindest Regards,

Thomas

 

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of RonM
Sent: 29 May 2009 15:06
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Authentication

 

Do you have a moodle installation? Even if you don't as long as you could
install a copy this could be an easy solution for people to enable
alternative toolkits authentication which would include email registration
as well as account creation as that's all built in to moodle. You wouldn't
even need to use moodle as it could just be used as the authentication
method. If this were documented would it be of interest?

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hopkins
Sent: 29 May 2009 14:15
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Authentication

 

Hello All,

 

Are there any alternatives to LDAP authentication?

Is it possible to have for example email registration, or just create a
database of user accounts?

If this feature does not yet exsit, where which files would I need to edit
to create it?

For example, if I wanted to write a new auth method, where would I change
the function / method call?

 

Thanks Jeremy

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