Notes from Global Summit
Quilt InCommon Pilots BOF of 4/28/2015

Mark Scheible welcomed the group.
Pilots represented in the room gave status updates:

MCNC Pilot with Community College and K12
https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/InCQuiltFed/MCNC

Mark Scheible presented history and status on the MCNC Pilot with Davidson County Community College to provide federated services to K12 students taking community college classes in an early college program.

  • MCNC started working on this pilot almost 2 years ago
  • The K12 part was not the hard part; MCNC had a K12 pilot in NC already, so there was an IDP set up
  • The issue was that things moved slowly with the vendor side
  • There are 58 community colleges throughtout North Carolina
  • There are lots of programs where K12 students participate in an early college program with the community college
  • If we can get federated identity working in such cases, then it will be helpful for North Carolina


WiscNet (Shaun Abshere)
https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/InCQuiltFed/WiscNet

  • The initial pilot (involving a technical college and a K12 school district) was challenging because of lack of staff or infrastructure
  • WiscNet is interested in IDM for wireless and libraries; compelling value proposition
  • Community colleges can join WISCnet, but K-12 is new, and there are privacy obstacles
  • WISCnet has an engagement with Cirrus Identity,
    looking at how to meet the needs leveraging social identity credentials 
  • WISCnet also has an engagement with AEGIS identity
  • trying to interact statewide to upgrade around student identities
    around ED-FI Alliance
  • AEGIS Identity is also working with the pilots in Nebraska and Illinois

Utah Pilot (Jim Stewart)

https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=43057423

  • UEN pilot involved standing up IDPs to serve educators and to serve a regional school district
  • UEN set up an IDP for 6 districts, using the portal to authenticate
  • one or two of their applications, and proved that all out
  • UEN is now being asked from the instructional services side
    to look into single sign on
  • looking at doing eduroam for K12 for students and faculty
  • UEN will be happy to share lessons learned regarding architectures and what has worked and not worked
  • One important lesson learned at UEN: federated services  should be  SAML compliant
  • Issues of how to find the worthwhile services
  • Do the districts bring up their own services ,or should UEN do that centrally?


InCommon Business Model work

https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/NewEntities/InCommon+-+Quilt+Partnership+Models

  • MCNC worked with InCommon to develop  a business model to extend federation through the Regionals or similar organizations.
  • The idea was to figure out scaling, contracts, legal, technical.
  • Much work went into developing terms and documents
  • Took apart the InCommon participation agreement and put regional in middle
  • In March 2015, the plan got approval from InCommon Steering
  • Lawyers are now reviewing documents.
  • This has been  an 18 month process
  • MCNC will be the first case of implementing this business model


Future of the original Qullt InCommon Pilots
https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/InCQuiltFed/Home

  • It was agreed that it probably makes sense to wrap up the original Quilt InCommon Pilots (started in 2013) and move to a new phase.
  • Write up our findings for the community
  • Produce Pilot summaries and use cases
  • what are the takeaways?
  • UEN will contribute

       -Architecture – What has worked, what hasn’t
       -SAML2 compliance – most instructions / schools are not

       -Can make a criteria for RFPs going forward to require SAML,
      -But what about backlog of services?

  • Ann West noted the crucial role that working with Internet2 Industry Partners can play.
  • Internet2 is  spinning up an Catalyst program to show the services are InCommon ready; best practices for service providers


Potential Issues around Eduroam for K12

  • eduroam and K12: network filtering is either on or offis it predictable?
  • would make a difference for access to the network
  • but if differentiated access, it is complicated
  • CIPA requires some content filtering
  • don't allow students to get to certain sites
  • Suggested that this question around eduroam and content filtering should be sent to the InCommon Quilt All Pilots list. Amplify what the concerns are

 

Reference:

Quilt InCommon Pilots Wiki: https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/InCQuiltFed/Home

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