InCommon Student Working Group Notes – August 9, 2013
Attending:
Elaine Alejo, Internet2
Brendan Bellina, University of Southern California
Tim Cameron, CommIT
Steve Hahn, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mark McConnahay, Indiana University
Arnie Miles, Georgetown University
Harry Nicholos, North Carolina State University
Mike Reilly, AACRAO
Tim Reger, AACRAO
Mike Sessa, PESC
Doug Shook, University of Southern California
Vince Timbers, Penn State
Shel Waggener, Internet2
Ann West, Internet2/InCommon
Dean Woodbeck, Internet2/InCommon (scribe)
Agenda and Summary
Today’s meeting is to hear about the current status of the CommIT project and information about participating in a pilot of the service.
Ann West presented a series of slides that outlined the problems to be solved by CommIT and the value proposition.
In summary, CommIT will run a single sign-on service for participating organizations, with the purpose of providing credentials and authentication for potential college students. CommIT will provide a process for matching electronic records for college applicants and institutions, through federated SSO.
Tim Cameron reviewed the CommIT pilot and the deliverables. The goals of the pilot are to:
- Test the infrastructure to ensure proper functioning
- Test the process flows to ensure ease of use
- Validate the value proposition
- Inform the final production service functioning and features
- Inform the marketing and communications of the final production service
- Determine the help desk and support requirements
Pilot participation:
- The call for pilot participation (for higher ed) closes Oct. 1, 2013
- The call for vendor participation closes Nov. 1, 2013
- The pilots will last somewhere between 1-18 months
There is a cost associated with pilot participation to cover the expense of site process integration. However, the $5,000 fee is waived for those who are both members of PESC and InCommon participants. Those interested should email Tim Cameron (tcameron7185@gmail.com)
Signing up for the pilot does not commit an institution to commit to production – that is the next step. The full pilot information packet will be available August 14. The pilot will be limited to 3-5 institutions and 1-3 vendors, to keep things manageable.
Ann West, Tim Cameron, and Shel Waggener are all willing to meet with potential pilot participants and stakeholder for discussion and questions.