InCommon Federation Discussions About Online Student Services

["Ann West" <>]

All,

Please respond with updates as appropriate.

Thanks,
Ann

AACRAO/EDUCAUSE/Internet2 IdM Call: Notes from 3/16/2007
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Andrea Beesing, Cornell
Robert Doolos, Louisiana State/AACRAO
Nancy Krogh, Idaho/AACRAO
Todd Mildon, U Wash
RL Bob Morgan, U Wash/Internet2
Karen Schultz, Penn State               
Renee Shuey, Penn State
Ann West, EDUCAUSE/Internet2
David Yeh, Cornell

Action Items
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- David will contact National Student Clearinghouse about a meeting in
April contiguous with the Internet2 Spring Member Meeting April 23-25 
- Todd will write up the CollegeNet/Application Services issue and
explain the problem space
- Renee will write up her case study on their use of Symplicity
- Ann will ask the writer Dean Woodbeck to help Renee with the case
study
- Ann will work with Steve Olshansky and John Krienke to set up an email
list and wiki
- Robert to contact Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith about the AACRAO Technology
Conference
- Ann will set up the next call in April
  
Notes
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- The group discussed pursuing common deliverables that would ideally
mesh with the PESC EA2 Task Force. (See the announcement of the Task
Force on 
http://www.pesc.org/publications/standard/02-07.pdf). Nancy Krogh is
AACRAO's rep on the Task Force.

- These include working with corporate/area partners to have them join
the InCommon Federation (www.incommonfederation.org) and demonstrating
the value of federated identity approach to other registrars and
admissions officers. Partners and areas of interest discussed were:

        Enrollment verification
                MonsterTrak  www.monstertrak.monster.com 
                StudentUniverse  www.studentuniverse.com
                National Student Clearinghouse
www.studentclearinghouse.org

        Transcript delivery
                AVOW www.avowsystems.com/

        Application Services
                CollegeNET www.collegenet.com/
                Common App www.commonapp.org/
                Embark www.embark.com/

        Graduate Admissions

- It would be helpful to have written explanations of the problem
spaces. [AI] Todd will write up the Application Services issue. [AI]
Renee will write up her Symplicity case study, the first in a series of
success stories we can use to explain federated identity. [AI] Ann will
contact Dean Woodbeck to provide assistance.

- We plan to have three face-to-face meetings"
        - Internet2 Spring Member Meeting with NSC ([AI] David to
organize)
                http://events.internet2.edu/2007/spring-mm/
        - AACRAO Technology Conference with TBD partners to 
                develop Action Items (www.aacrao.org/tech07/)
                [AI] Robert will contact Jeff about the ATC.
        - EDUCAUSE Annual Conference with TBD partners to 
                follow-up on Action Items (www.educause.edu/e07)

- Calls will be monthly
Next call will be in April. Agenda includes:
        - Discussing David's progress with NSC
        - Determining partners, goals, and contacts for meetings 2 & 3
[AI] Ann will solicit for call times, facilitate setting up the email
list and wiki space.