Luminis IV and uPortal
December 6, 2006
We’ll be upgrading to Luminis IV as soon as possible. I’m looking forward to the improvements in the user interface. We’re getting a glimpse of some of the possibilities by reviewing the online tour based on uPortal 2.3.3 put together by Virginia Tech .
December 7, 2006 at 10:26 am
[...] My colleague Ken Kochien has recently posted an interesting piece on web portals and references the efforts of Virgina Tech as they redesigned their portal experience. As I reviewed their presentation, I was immediately reminded of the many shortcomings of SCT’s current Luminis offering. I should point out that Luminis is also based on the uPortal framework. My frustration stems from the fact that the larger SCT grows, the harder it is for them to remain agile and responsive and in turn to create a product that is agile as the rest of the web world at present. My biggest concerns deal with the presentation, interface and usability. [...]
December 7, 2006 at 10:28 am
Ok, so I was going to write a nice comment but it turned into a blog post. Here’s the link: http://www.whitemountaintech.net/wordpress/2006/12/07/the-evolution-of-the-web-portal-in-higher-ed/
Now if we can just get our hands on Luminis IV…
John
December 17, 2006 at 9:21 pm
Good points. Luminis IV from SunGardHE, should be out in Q1 of ‘07 and should allow the PSU portal to catch up with VT’s effort.