[Xerte] Authentication

Fri May 29 16:32:50 BST 2009

Just to add to this...

A lot of organisations are now using mrcute
(http://www.learningobjectivity.com/mrcute/ )as a repository system within
moodle and mrcute2 already includes the ability to be able to search and
link to resources in Jorum. It would be good if mrcute2 could search and
link to different toolkits installations in the future too. I know this
isn’t the mrcute forum but at some point Pat/Julian it would be good to
discuss the spec I think you’ve already built in to allow this sort of thing
to happen and then provide that info to the mrcute development team.

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 16:01
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Authentication

Ø  Define versioning?

Being able to save version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and control which one the link
displays / publishes. Say you had an Xerte page being referenced from 20
sources, i.e. it was live, you may not want to work “on the fly” with it.
You may also wish to roll it back to an older version for some reason. I am
sure this is a pain to do, but it would be nice.

Ø  What does repository mean in this instance?

Well 
 it would be nice, from within Moodle to be able to search for tagged
content in Xerte and add links to it. So, in this instance it would really
just be a means to query Xerte tags and get links back out. Taking that a
bit further, it could allow the import of Xerte scorm packages. Though, from
what I have seen there is no benefit in pulling content out of Xerte and
duplicating it in Moodle, it is better to link to Xerte.

Jeremy

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 15:28
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Authentication

Hello Patrick,

No one has really seen it yet, but I think when staff do see it they will
like it. There are a number of benefits to using it:

It is a lot easier to work with than Moodle, for both staff and students.

I have been informed that “drag and drop quizzes” have regularly been
requested in Moodle.

With Moodle, there is a tendency for staff to upload PowerPoint
presentations rather than use the Moodle components. I think that situation
will improve with Xerte.

There is a lot of duplication across our (seven) Moodle instances. Xerte
would help reduce that with common pieces of content being more easily
shared / maintained. If a versioning system were added that would be even
better. If it could be hooked into Moodle as a repository (Moodle 2 makes a
number of applications available as repositories) that would be even better!

Jeremy

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

Well the moodle zip should cover this? I think.

Is it looking like BCU will be using it a lot then? Have you had 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 15:09
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Authentication

Hello Patrick,

We have LDAP and its working fine, but have visiting lecturers etc. who
quite frequently request access to our Moodle system without an LDAP id. For
those we upload users from CSV. I expect we will have similar requests for
Xerte access.

Regards, Jeremy 

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley
Sent: 29 May 2009 14:49
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Authentication

I think most will have some sort of LDAP somewhere, or something else they
can authenticate off?

Have you tried using the new single sign on stuff with the VLE you demoed at
EELS?

Happy to offer pointers.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Beckwith
Sent: 29 May 2009 14:44
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Authentication

Hi Jeremy, 

We have had the same problem, I had a go with it once (ages ago) and ended
up giving up due to time constraints (that’s my excuse!!)
 I think most
people who install toolkits will have this issue. I think from memory Pat
told me to edit login_library.php as my ideal outcome is to use a mysql db
to authenticate.

Paul

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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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