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Introduction to : 

Introduction to Agnes Chau (ccbox@hku.hk) Computer Centre Updated September 3, 2007

Agenda: 

Agenda What is HKU Portal? Benefits and Highlights How to use HKU Portal Demonstration Putting services on HKU Portal Q & A

What is HKU Portal?: 

What is HKU Portal?

What is HKU Portal?: 

What is HKU Portal?

Why do we need HKU Portal?: 

Why do we need HKU Portal?

Current Outcome : 

Current Outcome

Current Outcome : 

Current Outcome

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal In the past: services were scattered One location for email

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal In the past : services were scattered Another location for faculty

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal Portal : single web interface for various services and information

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal In the past: multiple Sign-on’s User needs to login to each service

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal Portal : no more login is needed for email and other services after entering HKU Portal

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal In the past: users were given all kinds of information

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal Portal : users can select which services to see

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal Portal : different users can have different portals

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal Portal : different users can have different portals

Benefits of HKU Portal: 

Benefits of HKU Portal Portal : users are given relevant information MyLibrary, My Department, My WebCT courses

Current Services: 

Current Services HKU Today’s Events and U-Notices Webmail WebCT MyLibrary My Faculty and Department Student Connect or staff UIS My Bookmarks of online services

Current Services: 

Current Services Selectable services 40 online services provided by Computer Centre, Office of Student Affairs, Institute of Human Performance, HKU Museum, etc. Selectable HKU web sites HKU News HKU Departments Student Societies Halls and Accommodation

Current Services: 

Current Services MyUIS for staff 40 services provided by Human Resources, FEO, Estates Office, Academic Services, Research Services Section Student Connect for students 8 services provided by Academic Services, FEO, OSA Local Weather and Traffic

Technical Highlights: 

Technical Highlights Server SUN Enterprise v480 + 2 x Dell PE1850 + IBM OpenPower 710 2 CPU, 8G RAM with SAN storage Sun Solaris v8 Allow access from HKU Intranet initially Database Oracle 9i and MS SQL Server

Technical Highlights: 

Technical Highlights Open source applications Portal platform : uPortal v2 Web server : Tomcat v4 Single sign-on : Central Authentication Service (CAS) Repository of user accounts : Open LDAP Email : IMP Webmail

Technical Highlights: 

Technical Highlights Self developed utilities MyLinks : intuitive interface to select services in HKU Portal CASEnabler : enable single sign-on CASLogout : provides single logout for all CAS-enabled applications

Using HKU Portal: 

Using HKU Portal Browser IE v7 or v6 or v5.5 preferred Visit http://hkuportal.hku.hk User Identification / Personal Identification No. (UID / PIN) Staff : UID/PIN = HKUCC/HKUSUA account/pwd Student : UID/PIN = HKUSUC/HKUSUA account/pwd

Using HKU Portal: 

Using HKU Portal New ‘HKU Portal’ icon in Staff / Student Intranet

Using HKU Portal: 

Using HKU Portal Single login step at http://hkuportal.hku.hk

Using HKU Portal: 

Using HKU Portal Presented with default services (template) Some services are displayed directly

Using HKU Portal: 

Using HKU Portal Can navigate among tabs to select service Select service Navigate among tabs

Using HKU Portal: 

Using HKU Portal Select information / services of interest

Using HKU Portal: 

Using HKU Portal Can also customize appearance of portal

Using HKU Portal: 

Using HKU Portal Logout HKU Portal (will also logout all other services) when finished

Using HKU Portal: 

Using HKU Portal Close your browsers

Staff Portal: 

Staff Portal For HKU Staff

Accessing UIS on HKU Portal: 

2 authentication choices for MyUIS Second login with UIS password Added security protection Direct access from HKU Portal Convenience Accessing UIS on HKU Portal

Student Portal: 

Student Portal For HKU Students

Slide36: 

Demonstration

Putting Services on HKU Portal: 

Develop an online service Authenticate? enable the online service for single sign-on (with help of CC) Register service on HKU Portal with CC Users can choose this service from their HKU Portal Yes No Putting Services on HKU Portal

Putting Services on HKU Portal: 

Putting Services on HKU Portal A service can be Mandatory, Default, Optional

Future Possibilities: 

Future Possibilities More services provided by different departments More specialized user profiles

Slide40: 

Q & A

Slide41: 

Thank You!