[Building Sakai] Sakai and Peoplesoft

[kfaella]

Steve,

That would be wonderful!  It sounds like just what I need - a little push
towards the right area with examples!

Kathy

Steve Swinsburg-2 wrote:
> 
> Hi Katherine,
> 
> It's relatively simple to use a Quartz job (ie a simple script written  
> in Java and run like a cronjob) to take your XML feed and keep the  
> list of users in sites in sync, if that is what you are after. I've  
> done this with a web service sitting on top of the Callista SIS but it  
> could easily be adapted to an XML file.
> 
> If you are interested in this I can point you at my Quartz job which  
> you can adapt for your own needs.
> 
> 
> cheers,
> Steve
> 
> ---
> Steve Swinsburg
> Portal Systems Developer
> Centre for e-Science
> Lancaster University
> Lancaster
> LA1 4YT
> 
> email: s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk
> phone: +44 (0) 1524 594870
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11 Mar 2009, at 12:36, kfaella wrote:
> 
>>
>> I am looking for some help in determining what other institutions  
>> are doing
>> for loading student and course data into Sakai.
>>
>> Here at the Univ. of Rhode Island we are running Peoplesoft 8.9.  To  
>> feed
>> our existing WebCT system we run an LMS extract  to an xml file and  
>> load it
>> into WebCT.  We would like to do something similar with Sakai.
>>
>> I understand that some of you do take xml out of Peoplesoft and  
>> import this
>> into Sakai.  Can anyone provide me with some details about the kind  
>> of data
>> you export from Peoplesoft and how you import this into your Sakai?
>>
>> We are trying to move into the Sakai world with a very limited staff  
>> and a
>> limited time frame.  Any help anyone can provide will be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Katherine Faella
>> Sr. Technical Programmer
>> University Computing Systems
>> Univ. of Rhode Island
>> Kingston, RI
>>
>>
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