Transcription
Integrating a Student Information System withMoodle in a SaaS modelJoelMolins&JoanBusquiel
SIGMA AIEIntegration SIGMA SIS – MoodleCase study – Facultat Pere Tarrés2
What is SIGMA ?SIGMA AIE is the only non-profit consortia forthe Higher Education sector in SpainCreated in 1996, brings together 8 Spanishpublic universities to offer technologicalsolutions for their needs of managing theacademic, teaching and research processesSIGMA focuses its efforts on developing andmaintaining "best of breed” solutions SIGMA SIS Student Information System SIGMA CRIS Research Information System3
Qué es SIGMA ?What makes us unique ?Experience20 years serving the UniversityManagementTechnologyPioneers in Web Applications for HigherEducationInnovationOpen, mobile and service-orientedsolutionsQualityOur icon - The Enrollment process morecomplete, reliable and secureInternationalLeaders in European organizations,consortia and partners networksSocialresponsibilityGartner recognizes the SIGMA LearningCenter in promoting the education sector4
Who are we ?OwnersCustomersSIGMA represents20% of the studentsin the Spanish publicuniversity system5
InternationalEuropean UniversityInformation SystemsRome Student Systems andStandards Group6
SIGMA AIEIntegration SIGMA SIS – MoodleCase study – Facultat Pere Tarrés7
Levels of IntegrationTwo levels of integration: Level I: Data Integration Creating a data interface that allows external systems to obtaina minimalist version of the SIGMA SIS data model. Creating a synchronization process between the interface andlearning platforms. Creating a set of Web services that enable learning platforms thereturn of information, such as grades. Level II: Functional Integration Giving access to SIGMA functionalities, directly from the learningplatform. Creating a delegated identification system for total transparencyof this integration. For frequently used modules, creating plugins on the learningplatform, that allows these modules to log in at SIGMAinformation. For example, a lite version of the SIGMA gradebook.8
Data IntegrationFromSIGMAtoMoodle huscrea0ngthenecessarycoursesine- ‐learningplaAorm. lasthecrea0onofnewgroupsofenrolment. dletoSIGMA udentinformedoftheirgradesinaconvenientandfastway. ytoSIGMA,withjustoneclick.9
MetaGroupMetaGroup Tool that allows the teacher to group two or more of theirgroups in a single Moodle course. Because classroomteaching and online teaching does not always requirethe same groups of students.10
Functional IntegrationStudentIntegrationTeacherStaff11
Functional Integration - SigmaToolsStudent Information System functionalities Check the class listsCheck student recordsEnter final grades in SIGMA SIS Transfer and calculation of grades Management of alphabetic grades Check grades templateManage records Transfer of records to SIGMA SIS Dates of exams reviews Closing records List of recordsMore functionalities Surveys Fill satisfaction surveys Check teacher report Check subject reportPizarra Web Sending and receiving messages from the app Pizarra12
SIGMA AIEIntegration SIGMA SIS – MoodleCase study – Facultat Pere Tarrés13
Moodle as a ServiceSince July 2013, the Moodle platform was opened to teachers and fromSeptember 2013, also for students. Since that day, the system has workedcontinuously without system failure.During February 2014, a total of 1.122 users entered the Moodle platform froma potential of 1.493. Furthermore, an average of 426 users enter daily, somemore than once, providing an average of 935 identifications every day.14
Use of IntegrationSince the beginning of the academic year, teachers of Facultat Pere Tarréshave made 52% of queries to SIGMA SIS by functional integration.In the new schools that we are implementing, this value is 100%, because weno longer give the option for teachers to access SIGMA other than rés48%52%MoodleSIGMA15
Customers with Moodle IntegrationFunctional and data integrationsSaaS model16
A view17
Integration SIGMA SIS - Moodle Case study - Facultat Pere Tarrés 13 . 14 Moodle as a Service Since July 2013, the Moodle platform was opened to teachers and from September 2013, also for students. Since that day, the system has worked continuously without system failure. During February 2014, a total of 1.122 users entered the Moodle .
