Oakland University Open Source Portal

and Mobile Solutions

Lori TirpakDirector of Enterprise SystemsAaron Grant

Senior Applications ArchitectDave DerderianJava Developer Analyst

Oakland University

uPortal 4.0.12 / uMobile20,000+ StudentsCAS 3.5PostgreSQL 9.2Tomcat 7OpenJDK 7

Build Tools:Maven, Ant, and Groovy

What is uPortal?

uPortal is an open source project under the Apereo foundation (formerly Jasig)."uPortal is the leading open source enterprise portal framework built by and for the higher education community. uPortal continues to evolve through contributions from its global community and is supported by resources, grants, donations, and memberships fees from academic institutions, commercial affiliates, and non-profit foundations."

More Information: http://www.jasig.org/

Why uPortal?

● Friendly and Helpful Community● Very Active Project● Multiple Conferences a Year● Good Vendor Support

o Unicon

● Easily Configured with Banner● Code Camps● Supports Sign Sign-on:

o CASo Shibboleth

● Supports Mobile (Frameworks / Initiatives)

Mobile and Portal Stats

The MySAIL Portal gets between 50,000-100,000 sessions a day.

OU MySAIL App:12,500+ iOS downloads5,000+ Android downloads

Desktop vs Mobile

Breakdown between devices:

Desktop66%

Mobile 26%

Tablets7%

Mobile Growth Stats

From 2013 to 2014:● Android 127% Growth ● iOS (iPhone/iPad) 78% Growth● Desktop -5% Growth

OU Mobile Market 2013 Share:● iOS 64%● Android 35%● Windows .5%● Blackberry .2%

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MySAIL Desktop View

MySAIL Mobile Views

MySAIL Native Phone AppsMySAIL uses Apereo's uMobile technology for an iPhone app and an Android app.● OU MySAIL on iPhone:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ou-mysail/id485691462● OU MySAIL on Android:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.oakland.mobile&hl=en● More Information: http://www.jasig.org/umobile

Apereo Portlets

Apereo has many portlets available for you to implement into your portal for free since they are all open source projects!● Calendar● Announcements● Notifications● News Feeds● Content Management● Human Resources● Dining● Laundry● Classified Ads● And many many more (https://wiki.jasig.org/display/PLT/Home)● Source code can be viewed and downloaded at

http://github.com/jasig

Oakland Portlets

● OU has taken many of the Apereo portlets and have implemented them.

● Also OU has built their own unique portlets.

● Apereo portlets by default do not come with Banner SQL tie-ins. We are willing to share our source code to help speed up Banner integration.

Financial Aid Portlet

● Displays Requirements, Academic Standing, Awards, and Usage of Awards

● Integrates with Bannero Financial Aid Requirementso Financial Aid Awarded and Claimedo Messages from Financial Aid Advisor

Courses Portlet

● Displays Course Schedule, Midterm Grades, and Final Grades

● Originally created by the Apereo Foundation and the University of Wisconsin - Madison

● Student can select on a class room and it displays which academic building Integration with Google Maps

Courses Portlet

● Modified APIo Extra information for courseso Tie into Calendar Portlet

● Custom Desktop View● Custom Mobile View● Custom Footer (Mobile / Desktop)● Bookstore Integration● Links into other major OU services

o Webmail / Moodle

Calendar PortletCourses IntegrationCalendar Portlet shipped with uPortal● Creates custom calendar feed● Integrates directly with Courses

Portlet API● Displays students class schedule

o Dateo Locationo Description

● iCal feed available for download

Progress to Degree Portlet● Displays student's completed /

incomplete courses for their course of study using Banner’s CAPP Degree Evaluation

● Displays multiple course informationo Grades, GPA, Credits

Progress to Degree Portlet● Calls Banner Stored Procedure

● Additionally a student can do a what-if analysis if they are thinking about changing their course of study

● Data generated from the stored procedures is received through a customized Oracle view

My Details Portlet

● Displays student specific informationo Degree (BS / BA / etc)o Undergraduate / Graduate Levelo Catalog Termo College (Arts & Sciences / Computer

Science / etc) Link to Advising web page

o Majoro Oakland University Student Number

My Details Desktop View

My Details Mobile View

Advising Suite

Oakland over the last year has been building an advising suite for academic advisors.

● Allows advisors to search for students● View current and historic schedules /

grades● Allows advisors to run degree audits

and what-if analysis● Collection of resources

Bus Tracker Portlet

CMS Portlet Implementation● Mostly used as quick links

o Oakland Serviceso Academic Informationo Campus Information

● Uses Single Sign-On Links into SSB (Self Service Banner 8.x)o Oakland used this extension from Evergreen

State College to SSB to allow for CAS (Apereo’s Central Authentication Service integration with SSB.

o https://wiki.jasig.org/display/UPC/CASifying+Banner+Self+Serve

● Banner XE comes with CAS integration!

Oakland Services and Academic Information

Sail Mail (Email Preview)

● Apereo's Email Preview Portlet● Oakland's custom skin ● Oakland's custom settings

o Only uses Oakland email

Email Preview and Inbox

Read Email from Portlet

Get Involved!

Apereo uPortal● http://www.apereo.org/uportal● Mailing list:

http://www.apereo.org/uportal/mailing-lists Apereo uMobile● http://www.apereo.org/umobile● Mailing list:

http://www.aperep.org/umobile/mailing-lists Apereo CAS● http://www.apereo.org/cas● Mailing list: http://www.apereo.org/cas/mailing-

lists

Questions?tirpak@oakland.edu

asgrant@oakland.edudmderde2@oakland.edu