[Xerte] Authentication

[Jeremy Hopkins]

*       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.

 

*       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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