Coping with the COVID-19 challenges in a comprehensive university: learning tools and procedures adopted by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Abstract

In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, learning rapidly has undergone a digital transformation into eLearning in order to cope with the circumstances of a global outbreak. This paper presents the use of synchronous and an asynchronous service both for teaching and assessment in one of the largest universities of Greece, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). The transition to eLearning has been achieved through a combination of commercial and open source software tools (mainly Zoom and Moodle). Moodle has reemerged in the AUTh academic community with improved functionalities from various plugins installed to meet the diverse range of pedagogical needs. It also describes the integration of Zoom Meetings solutions using centralized account authentication, i.e. single-sign-on (SSO) for the entire campus. End-user support and training is also provided as a combination of methods to support users on a large scale. We also present figures that highlight the high usage of eLearning systems with an added survey of positive users’ opinion on how Aristotle University has gotten ahead with the pandemic and the architecture designed to balance the workload. Finally, we introduce current and future improvements.

Evaluasi Penerapan Single Sign-on Saml Dan Oauth 2.0: Studi Pada Perguruan Tinggi Yogyakarta

“…Kategori security berlaku untuk service terkait data penelitian dan nilai mahasiswa, sedangkan kategori usability berlaku untuk layanan email dan wireless LAN [8]. SAML juga digunakan untuk berbagi akses antarinstitusi (kolaborasi) terhadap data, instrumen penelitian, kluster komputasi [9], mengintegrasikan layanan online meeting seperti Zoom, layanan LMS seperti Moodle [10], dan teknologi pendukung pengajaran lainnya [11]. Integrasi menggunakan SSO SAML memungkinkan user login sekali menggunakan akun resmi perguruan tinggi untuk mengakses semua teknologi yang tersedia dan diizinkan.…”

“…SAML digunakan untuk menyediakan pusat manajemen identitas dan mengintegrasikan resource pada perguruan tinggi, terutama yang berbasis web. Universitas Aristotle sudah menggunakan SSO berbasis SAML untuk mengautentikasi user pada berbagai aplikasi web, seperti Moodle dan Zoom [10]. West University of Timișoara juga mengintegrasikan teknologi SaaS yang terdiri dari Google Workspace, Office 365, h5p, Cisco Webex, anti-plagiarism platform Turnitin, dan Moodle untuk mendukung kurikulum digital [11].…”