WebPA

Nic Wilkinson

JISC CETIS Assessment meets Enterprise meets Portfolio Event

Quick History

• Similar systems in use since 1998 at Loughborough University

• JISC funded for two years from October 2007

What is WebPA

• A Peer Moderated Marking system

• Not a peer review system

Interoperability requirements

• IMS Enterprise

• REST & Web services (Apache Axis 2)

• VLEs, MLEs

Challenges faced

• Decoupling from existing integration @ LU• Initially across 3-4 databases

• Getting data in to the system• csv file upload

• Level of interest • time in support to new adopters

Technically how far have we got• Demonstrator of grades export working

• No Apache axis2, using hessianPHP

• About to begin work to integrate with Moodle

• Interest from Sakai and blackboard for integration

Where we are• Cardiff• Coventry• Derby• Hull• Liverpool• MMU• Newport• Northumbria• Surrey

Are we winning

• We have a little community code development happening

Questions

Further information

• Project Website:

• http://webpa.lboro.ac.uk• Mailing list:

• http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/webpa.html• Technical Blog

• http://webpa-tec.blogspot.com/