MyUNH
Institutional Portal at the University of
New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
• Research II institution
• Land grant, space grant, sea grant
institution
• 2 campuses (Durham & Manchester)
• 11,400 undergraduate students
• 3000 graduate students
• 736 tenured or tenure track faculty
• 2000 staff
Technology
– Blackboard v6.2
– Redhat Linux AS2.1 & AS3.0
– Oracle v9i
Applications
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ID Management System built in-house
Self-service password reset built in-house
Accounts management system built in-house
Single Sign On via Oracle Identity Management
solution
– SCT BANNER Student Information System v7.1
– SCT BANNER Human Resources System v6.1
– Linux-based Horde IMP 4.0.4
How did we start?
• Gathering technical managers from across
three areas
• All wanted a single directory to provide
authoritative person information
• Would we create one or multiple,
duplicative directories?
• To build a single system, how should UNH
students, faculty, and staff access it?
MyUNH—Institutional Portal
• Vision:
– Leverage acceptance of Blackboard by
students and faculty to provide the UNH
community access to the electronic resources
they need to do their work.
– Provide access through one login using one
username/password through one integrated,
secure, Web-based interface, MyUNH.
MyUNH—Institutional Portal
• “MyUNH is an entry to the electronic
learning and working space for UNH
students, faculty, and staff that provides
secure, easy access to on-line tools used
to do their work, a forum for community
participation, and a central point for
sending and receiving information of
interest about their academic work, their
professional work, and the UNH
community.”
Current Blackboard Support Model
Enterprise
Computing
Application
Stewardship
Application
Administration &
Development
Systems
Administration
Academic
Computing
Telecom. &
Client Service
Identity Management & SSO Support Model
Enterprise
Computing
Application
Stewardship
Application
Administration &
Development
Systems
Administration
Academic
Computing
Telecom. &
Client Service
MyUNH
14,000 Active Users
MyUNH
300 Bb Organizations
• 90 Student Orgs
• 210 Academic/Admin Orgs
One username/password to access:
1805 Available Courses
• Blackboard
• Webmail
• Student Information System
•13,700 Students Enrolled in at least one Blackboard Course
• 778 Faculty Members with Active Course(s)
MyUNH Development
• Fall 2005:
– Snapshot controller
– Student directory
– Combine courses
• Spring 2006
– Plagiarism detection software pilot
– Directed communication pilot
– Online training application pilot
MyUNH Development
• Summer 2006
– Podcasting course content pilot
– Integrated UNH-MyUNH calendar
• Fall 2006
– Direct access to all Library electronic resources &
federated searching
– Academic content management pilot
• Future
– Course evaluations available online (proposed)
– Parents’ access to MyUNH (proposed)
Thank You!
Terri.Winters@unh.edu