Kidderminster College – Repository Of Learning Objects Inter-Institutional E-learning. Use Shibboleth to share E-Learning resources between Institutions

1. KC-ROLO Project
Kidderminster College – Repository Of Learning Objects
Inter-Institutional E-learning
Graham Mason and Ed Beddows

2. Project Overview
 Research into using Core Middleware to
allow collaboration with other institutions
 Use Shibboleth to share E-Learning
resources between Institutions e.g.
-Projects
-Repositories
-Courses

3. How we used to share…
 Users must exist at each site
 Administrative nightmare
 Security issues
 Does not scale well

4. The Shibboleth way
 Shibboleth “Middleware” sits between sites
 Home site is responsible for authentication
 The resource owner is still responsible for
authorisation

5. Benefits of Shibboleth
 Enables institutions to share resources
easily, scales well
 Administrative overhead is reduced
 Security is enhanced because only one
account is needed to access all resources
 Privacy is maintained, attributes replace
the need to use usernames and passwords
to authorise access

6. Components of Shibboleth
 Origin
Users home site, provides authentication
and attributes for users
 Target
Resource to be protected by Shibboleth
 Where Are You From? (WAYF)
Used to identify the users home institution

7. KC-ROLO Shibboleth federation
Consists of the following components:
 Origin’s
Kidderminster College
University College Worcester
RSC West Midlands
 Targets:
Moodle VLE at RSC
Repository at Kidderminster College

8. KC-ROLO Shibboleth federation

9. How Shibboleth works

10. More Information
 KC-ROLO project website
http://www.kidderminster.ac.uk/kc-rolo
 Shibboleth Project website
http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/