News and information about InCommon Academy offerings

[Erin Murtha <>]

From Onboarding to Upskilling, InCommon Academy Can Connect Your Team to the Best Options Available for IAM Training this Spring

 

New year. New skills to learn and master. 

 

InCommon Academy is your one-stop connection to the best options for your team’s IAM Training in 2022.

 

Does your team have a new staff member who needs a crash course on Shibboleth? Or a resident expert on identity and access management (IAM) who wants to upskill on Grouper, COmanage, or midPoint to lead the next phase of your institution's IAM transformation?

 

Look no further than the InCommon Academy’s Trusted Access Platform training. Registration is open for several upcoming workshops on Grouper, COmanage, Shibboleth, and midPoint. 

 

It’s a win-win for your employees’ professional development goals and your team’s journey to streamline IAM at your institution.

 

Our training lineup offers a blend of half-day virtual workshops spread over the course of a week, combined with self-paced work and hands-on activities hosted in virtual machines. Participants will build the skills and expertise they need… while avoiding that dreaded videoconference fatigue.

 

Consistently rated 4.5 out of 5 stars, InCommon Academy workshops aren’t your run-of-the-mill training classes. Here’s why: 

• Workshops are led by our Trusted Access Platform developers and seasoned community implementers
• Participants stay connected and engaged through a variety of learning and collaboration tools, including Canvas, Zoom, and Slack.
• Expert instructors offer opportunities for one-on-one support.
• Fun is a key component of our training style.

• Our participants bond with their peers and develop strong connections to the InCommon community.

 

Interested in learning more? Visit our website or view software training highlights for spring 2022 below. If you have questions about the InCommon Academy or Trusted Access Platform training, please email .

Session One:

 

Schedule	Prework: Week of January 31  / Office Hours February 4, 1 – 3 p.m. ET   Live Workshops (via Zoom): February 8 - 11, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET
Registration	Visit the Grouper School website. Don’t delay—registration is closes February 3!
More Information	What is Grouper? Grouper is more than just a fish—it’s the enterprise access management software that offers management of groups, roles, and permissions. Watch this short video introduction to Grouper.   What is Grouper School? This virtual workshop is delivered through self-paced learning, access to a class Slack channel, and four half-day sessions delivered through Zoom. The modules start with Grouper basics and progress through new Grouper features, access governance, security model, and administration.

 

Session Two:

 

Schedule	Prework: Week of May 9  / Office Hours May 13, 1 – 3 p.m. ET   Live Workshops (via Zoom): May 17 - 20, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET
Registration	Visit the Grouper School website. Registration closes May 12.
More Information	What is Grouper? Grouper is more than just a fish—it’s the enterprise access management software that offers management of groups, roles, and permissions. Watch this short video introduction to Grouper.   What is Grouper School? This virtual workshop is delivered through self-paced learning, access to a class Slack channel, and four half-day sessions delivered through Zoom. The modules start with Grouper basics and progress through new Grouper features, access governance, security model, and administration.

Schedule	Prework: N/A   Live Workshops (via Zoom): March 8 - 10, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET
Registration	Visit the COmanage Class website. Early bird rates are in effect, so sign up by February 11 to save on tuition!
More Information	What is COmanage? COmanage is an identity registry with flexible enrollment and lifecycle management capabilities that helps you meet your identity management objectives using standardized tools and approaches. COmanage can be used as a central person registry, a guest management system, or a collaboration hub for scholarly collaborations.   What is COmanage Class? This hands-on virtual workshop provides a conceptual understanding of COmanage and the technical know-how to get up and running. Using the InCommon Trusted Access Platform packaged version, you will learn how to model your organization or collaboration and set up enrollment flows.

 

Schedule	Prework: N/A   Live Workshops (via Zoom): April 4 - 8, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Registration	Visit the Shibboleth Training website. Early bird rates are in effect, so sign up by March 11 to save on tuition!
More Information	What is Shibboleth? Shibboleth provides single sign-on that allows local, distributed, and cloud services to make informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online resources in a privacy-preserving manner. Watch this short video introduction to Shibboleth.   What is the Shibboleth Installation Workshop? This hands-on virtual workshop demonstrates how to deploy the InCommon-ready Shibboleth Service and identity providers in a way that’s easy to install and manage. You will also learn how to modernize through the DevOps approach and dive into the world of containers and how they can make your life easier.

Schedule	Prework: Self-paced reading during the week of November 29th    Live Workshops (via Zoom): April 26 - 29, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Registration	Visit the midPoint Training website. Early bird rates are in effect, so sign up before April 8 to save on tuition!
More Information	What is midPoint? midPoint, powered by Evolveum, is a general-purpose identity management and governance system used to synchronize and reconcile among multiple systems of record and sources of identity, as well as to provision and de-provision user accounts and groups into services.   What is the midPoint Basics Workshop? This virtual course is intended for identity management architects, identity management system engineers, and deployment partners who will customize, deploy, and support midPoint Identity Manager in a way that integrates with the InCommon Trusted Access Platform components. The modules include how to configure resources, create organizational structures, integrate Grouper with midPoint via messaging, and map and maintain role definitions in cooperation with Grouper.

  

 

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Erin Murtha

Director, InCommon Academy