This document outlines an agenda for a meetup on Big Data University. The agenda includes an introduction to Big Data University, an overview of its architecture including how it was installed on SoftLayer and customized for BDU, and a discussion of migrating from Moodle to Open edX. The presentation provides statistics on BDU's user base and courses as well as details on personalizing Open edX through themes, authentication, internationalization, and content changes.

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Toronto SMAC Meetup – Welcome!
Starting your education in Big Data - Sneak peek to the new Big Data University

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Agenda
• 6:00pm - 6:05pm: Registration, Welcome, Introductions
• 6:05pm - 6:10pm: Recap from prior meetup events
• 6:10pm – 6:15pm: Introduction to Big Data University
• 6:15pm - 6:45pm: Starting your education in Big Data
• 6:45pm - 7:30pm: Big Data University Architecture
• 7:30pm - 8:00pm: Questions & Networking
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Let’s be social!
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Key areas: SMAC & Cognitive Computing
Innovate
how we engage, make decisions and work
Optimize
our IT infrastructure, data and processes
Line of Business Leaders
Marketing Leaders
Sales Leaders
Finance & HR Leaders
Technology Leaders
Chief Information Officers
Technology Architects
Dev & Ops Leaders
Drives InvestmentDrives Investment
Drives NeedDrives Need

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Big Data Adoption Phases

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Introduction to Big Data University
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BDU Stats
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• Today: 185K registered.
• Estimating 210K by Jan 2015
• 1500 registrations/week (6K/month)
• About 30 courses

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Starting your Education in Big Data
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BDU Architecture – Sneak preview

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Agenda
Big Data University - Architecture
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1 – What is Open edX?
2 – Open edX architecture
3 – Installing Open edX on SoftLayer
4 – Configuring Open edX for performance
5 – Customizing Open edX for BDU
6 – Migration from Moodle to Open edX
7 – Future considerations

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What is Open edX?
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 edX – non-profit MOOC
 Launched in May, 2012
 University-level courses
 2.5+ million students / 215 courses
 Open edX: June, 2013

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Contributors Open edX
Big Data University - Architecture
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Open edX Structure
Big Data University - Architecture
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Agenda
Big Data University - Architecture
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1 – What is Open edX?
2 – Open edX architecture
3 – Installing Open edX on SoftLayer
4 – Configuring Open edX for performance
5 – Customizing Open edX for BDU
6 – Migration from Moodle to Open edX
7 – Future considerations

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Architecture – Open edX
Big Data University - Architecture
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Agenda
Big Data University - Architecture
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1 – What is Open edX?
2 – Open edX architecture
3 – Installing Open edX on SoftLayer
4 – Configuring Open edX for performance
5 – Customizing Open edX for BDU
6 – Migration from Moodle to Open edX
7 – Future considerations

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Installing Open edX on Softlayer
Big Data University - Architecture
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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-openedx-softlayer-app/index.html

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Requirements
Big Data University - Architecture
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 Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 (oraclejdk required)
 Minimum 2GB of memory, 4GB recommended for production
servers (with only 2GB some swap space is required, at least during
installation)
 At least one 2.00GHz CPU or EC2 compute unit
 Minimum 25GB of free disk, 50GB recommended for production
servers

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Agenda
Big Data University - Architecture
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1 – What is Open edX?
2 – Open edX architecture
3 – Installing Open edX on SoftLayer
4 – Configuring Open edX for performance
5 – Customizing Open edX for BDU
6 – Migration from Moodle to Open edX
7 – Future considerations

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Architecture – Databases
Big Data University - Architecture
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Agenda
Big Data University - Architecture
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1 – What is Open edX?
2 – Open edX architecture
3 – Installing Open edX on SoftLayer
4 – Configuring Open edX for performance
5 – Customizing Open edX for BDU
6 – Migration from Moodle to Open edX
7 – Future considerations

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Personalization
Big Data University - Architecture
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 Theme
 Third-party authentication
 Internationalization
 Change Content
 Certificates

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Personalization – Theme
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Personalization – Theme
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Personalization – Third-party authentication
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Personalization – Certificate
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Personalization – Internationalization
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Personalization – Content Changing
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Agenda
Big Data University - Architecture
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1 – What is Open edX?
2 – Open edX architecture
3 – Installing Open edX on SoftLayer
4 – Configuring Open edX for performance
5 – Customizing Open edX for BDU
6 – Migration from Moodle to Open edX
7 – Future considerations

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Migration Plan
Big Data University - Architecture
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1 – Moodle Architecture overview
2 – Migrating users to Open edX
3 - Handling legacy data

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Architecture - Moodle
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User legacy
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Agenda
Big Data University - Architecture
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1 – What is Open edX?
2 – Open edX architecture
3 – Installing Open edX on SoftLayer
4 – Configuring Open edX for performance
5 – Customizing Open edX for BDU
6 – Migration from Moodle to Open edX
7 – Future considerations

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Launch of BDU - Brazil
Big Data University - Architecture
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Thank you!
Let’s network!
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Resources
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bluemix.net
bluforcloud.com
ibm.com/isv/startup
bigdatauniversity.com

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Thank you!
Let’s network!
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