InCommon has developed a booklet for those getting started in federated identity management, InCommon and Shibboleth. The booklet includes information and links to web-based resources, including:
- A federated identity management checklist
- FAQ about InCommon
- Information on joining InCommon
and many other lists and links. If you need information yourself, or to present to others on your campus, this makes a good starting point. The booklet is available via the InCommon Collaborate wiki.
The CIC (Committee for Institutional Cooperation) InCommon Silver Task Force has released a report on the first phase of its project to have all member institutions achieve Silver status by fall 2011.
The CIC includes the Big Ten schools plus the University of Chicago. The University of Washington and Virginia Tech are also collaborating in this effort.
The CIC is tackling the identity assurance profile in three phases. The report on phase one - documenting policies and procedures and standard operating practices - is available at: http://www.cic.net/Home/Projects/Technology/IdMgmt/InCommonSilver.aspx.
In addition, a working group will form this fall, consisting of other InCommon participants interested in pursuing Silver. If you are interested, email incommon-info@incommon.org.
Need help explaining federated identity management to your campus colleagues? InCommon has developed a slide deck that provides an introduction and overview to the topic that is appropriate for use with staff members in student services or the library, right up to the CIO.
The slides provide a primer on identity management, defines commonly used terms, offers graphics to explain how federated identity management works, and provides information about the resources available through InCommon. Each slide includes notes to help with the talking points.
Members of the community are free to download the slide deck, pick and choose the slides they wish to use, do some customization, and submit updates or new slides back to the wiki for use by others.
The deck is available on the InCommon Collaborate wiki:https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/download/attachments/2815/InCommon_Overview.ppt
InCommon News, August 9, 2010
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In This Issue:
- CIC Reports on First Phase of Silver Adoption
- "Identity and the Cloud" Half-Day Session at EDUCAUSE
- Introductory Slide Deck Available
- Microsoft Becomes an InCommon Affiliate
- New Participants
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CIC Reports on First Phase of Silver Adoption
The CIC (Committee for Institutional Cooperation) InCommon Silver Task Force has released a report on the first phase of its project to have all member institutions achieve Silver status by fall 2011. The CIC includes the Big Ten schools plus the University of Chicago. Along with the University of Washington and Virginia Tech, the CIC is tackling the identity assurance profile in three phases. The report on phase one - documenting policies and procedures and standard operating practices - is available at: http://www.cic.net/Home/Projects/Technology/IdMgmt/InCommonSilver.aspx.
In addition, a working group will form this fall, consisting of other InCommon participants interested in pursuing Silver. If you are interested, email incommon-info@incommon.org.
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"Identity and the Cloud" Half-Day Session at EDUCAUSE
A half-day preconference session at EDUCAUSE - "Identity and the Cloud: Preparing Your Campus" - will focus on understanding InCommon and federated identity management and understanding the value proposition for joining InCommon. The session will be held Tuesday, October 12. Presenters will include John O'Keefe (Lafayette College), Justin Sipher (Skidmore College) and Ann West (Internet2/InCommon). For more information, see the EDUCAUSE website (http://bit.ly/cdwbXz)
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Introductory Slide Deck Available
InCommon has prepared a slide deck for participants to use to introduce colleagues, campus administrators, and others to the concept of federated identity management and InCommon. You can download the deck here:https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/download/attachments/2815/InC_Overview_v2.ppt?version=1
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Microsoft Becomes an InCommon Affiliate
Microsoft Corp., a worldwide leader in software, services and solutions, has become an InCommon Affiliate. The Affiliate program connects higher education institutions and their federating partners with commercial or non-profit organizations that provide software, content, guidance, support, and implementation and integration services related to participating in the federation. Read the full release at https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/WAHw
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New Participants in July
Higher Education
- University of Memphis (www.memphis.edu)
- Gustavus Adolphus College (www.gustavus.edu)
- Tulane University (www.tulane.edu)
- American University (www.american.edu)
- Regis University (www.regis.edu)
- University of the District of Columbia (www.udc.edu)
- Naval Postgraduate School (www.nps.navy.mil)
Sponsored Partners
- Cambridge University Press (www.cambridge.org)
- Cayuse, Inc. (www.cayuse.com)
- Moodlerooms, Inc. (www.moodlerooms.com)
- ALEKS Corporation (www.aleks.com)
- Desire2Learn (www.desire2learn.com)
- VoiceThread (www.voicethread.com)
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About Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press was formed in 1534 and is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Dedicated to excellence, its purpose is to further the University's objective of advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. Its extensive peer-reviewed publishing lists comprise 36,000 titles covering academic research, professional development, school-level education, English language teaching and bible publishing. This list is growing at a rate of 2,800 titles every year and spans subjects from aesthetics through to zoology, with authors ranging from Shakespeare to English language teaching author, Ray Murphy. Cambridge Books Online offers access to eBooks from a world-renowned publishing program, covering subjects from all disciplines across science, technology and medicine, as well as humanities and social sciences. Building on an outstanding print program and an extensive portfolio of high quality, dynamic and innovative online resources, Cambridge Books Online offers all levels of user a new dimension of access and usability to extensive scholarly content, supporting and enhancing all aspects of research. Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) is an intuitive gateway to a collection of over 250 peer-reviewed academic and practitioner journals, many of which are the leading titles in their fields. CJO undergoes a constant process of development, with librarian and researcher consultations informing three major releases of new functionality per year, underlining Cambridge Journals' continuing 24-hour commitment to the global academic community.
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About Cayuse, Inc.
Cayuse, Inc. delivers a modular suite of software solutions that improve productivity, accountability and management of research enterprises. With origins in academic research, the company's products and services support the research administration life cycle from collaborative proposal development, compliance, and project administration, through technology commercialization. The company's web-based proposal collaboration product, Cayuse 424, is used widely by research organizations that prepare and electronically submit federal grant applications through Grants.gov and Research.gov. Cayuse is being sponsored for InCommon membership by New York University, a Cayuse 424 site. Cayuse customers include many InCommon participants, including campuses in the University of Texas System, University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Ohio State University, Caltech, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and many others.
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About Moodlerooms
Moodlerooms, the leading provider of managed open-source Moodle solutions, strives to provide educators and learners across the globe with a platform that is flexible, reliable and affordable. By combining cloud hosting, managed open-source, and Software-as-a-Service delivery, Moodlerooms' customers receive all of the benefits of open-source Moodle with enterprise-level support, services and features. Moodlerooms' consultative approach gives customers the opportunity to choose a solution that perfectly fits their organization's mission, giving them more time to focus resources on what really matters — quality teaching and learning. Moodlerooms' unique approach provides something beyond an LMS---one community, one provider and one platform forever. Moodlerooms is using Shibboleth, and has joined InCommon, in order to provide Single Sign On to the joule(TM) Learning Management Platform.
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About ALEKS Corporation
ALEKS Corporation is a leader in the creation of Web-based, artificially intelligent, educational software. ALEKS assessment and learning technologies were originally developed by a team of cognitive scientists and software engineers at the University of California Irvine, with major funding from the National Science Foundation. ALEKS is founded on groundbreaking research in mathematical cognitive science known as Knowledge Space Theory. Through adaptive questioning, ALEKS accurately assesses a student's knowledge state and then delivers targeted instruction on the exact topics the student is most ready to learn. ALEKS has been used by millions of students in more than 50 academic subjects ranging from elementary school mathematics to pre-calculus at thousands of schools and other educational institutions throughout the world.
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About VoiceThread
VoiceThread is a multimedia-communications platform that increases engagement and social presence in online learning environments. Used by over 5000 educational organizations, VoiceThread is recognized by the AASL, MERLOT, and the New Media Consortium as one of the tools "likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within education," with a time-to-adoption horizon of one year or less. VoiceThread is an accessible and "more human" way to connect in asynchronous, online learning environments. As an experienced Shibboleth integrator and troubleshooter, VoiceThread is excited to join InCommon in its mission to facilitate a common framework for trustworthy shared-management-of-access to online resources in support of research and education.
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