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Srce, as a component of the University of Zagreb, is in charge of building the UNIC virtual campus.
Basic definitions and facts
What is it?
UNIC Virtual Campus is an information system consisting of a central database (central register) and several web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs).
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IdP - Identity Provider (authorization and authentication infrastructure used for storing and verification of electronic identities of students and staff at the university)
Requirements
Here are some of the recognized prerequisites needed for functioning of VC.
- IdP has to participate in eduGAIN.
- Students have to have ESI (European Student Identifier).
- GDPR consents have to be written in order to be built into applications, to ensure that all participants give their consent to use their data.
- VC uses ECTS grades (A-F). When communicating with VC, all local marks should be converted to ECTS marks and vice versa.
- Data is owned by UNI of origin:
- student data is owned by a student home UNI
- course data is owned by UNI offering a course, as well as data about students taking part in the course and exams.
Roles
Several user roles are currently recognized:
- Student
- a person with the student status at any university
- UNI Admin
- a person employed at the university, coordinating the VC operations
- has the privilege of administering other staff employed at various organizational units within the university
- OrgUnit Admin
- a person employed at any organizational unit of the university (a faculty, school, art academy, …)
- has the privilege of working with course and student data
- UNIC Virtual Campus Admin (superadmin)
- a person employed at University Computing Center, University of Zagreb
- has the privilege of administering UNI Admins and common data