A Walk Down Portal Lane

Integrating the use of Ellucian Luminis Portal with OU Campus

C. Daniel ChaseThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Disclaimer

Not What You Expected

Where we are today

The Path to a Student Gateway

Today

Luminis Platform 4

RHEL 4

Banner

Current MyMocsNet

Why Luminis?

It talks Banner-ese

But, do we use it?

Targeted content

Are channels updated?

How is it Being Used - Single Sign On

Banner

Gmail

Blackboard LMS

DegreeWorks

How is it Being Used - Banner Channels

Students

Profile

Advisors

Grades

Surveys

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Faculty

Schedule

Advisor Dashboard

Grade Assignment

What Else?

Text Content

Links to main site

Targeted messages

How to Replace Luminis

SSO moves to Central Authentication Services (CAS)

Channels move to Banner SSB

What about Content?

OmniUpdate’s OU Campus CMS

WordPress

Targeted Content

RSS

RSS Items in OU Campus

Blog feeds

Entry expiration

Targeted Email

Eliminate

Students don’t read it!

Few departments use it

Labor & time intensive

One-time use mailing list

What about Faculty?

Banner SSB with CAS-based login

Move to an employee portal

SharePoint

Better services for internally focused content

Already in use!

Dedicated admin

Student Gateway

Essential Links

Static content

RSS Feeds

Secret Sauce

The Amazon Model

Preferences for RSS feeds

Store in Cookie

Login to save across public computers

The Challenge

Change resistance

Is this what Students want?

Can it be done better?

Should it be done differently?

Content writing education for creators

Possibilities

Cost savings

Interview / survey students

Investigate options

Technology options - Drupal?

Desired Results

A means of providing resources and communicating relevant content to students

Questions?

C. Daniel ChaseDan-Chase@UTC.edu @cdchase(423) 425-2913