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Available to users with System Manager or Admin privilege

CAE LearningSpace is able to communicate with directory serves that use the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (from here on LDAP).

Go to Directory Access Settings in System, and configure the directory server(s) of your institution (more than one can be added).

Manage further settings such as user authentication methods and synchronization.

(lightbulb)Contact your organization’s network administrator or IT professional for the exact details of your directory server.

LDAP authentication modes:

  1. Use full DN: 
    Search directly for the user's full distinguished name to authenticate the users.
    Specify the authentication ID, prefixes and postfixes to find users on your directory server. 
    Every user who is a match for the request can log in to CAE LearningSpace with their credentials stored on the directory server.

  2. Resolve samAccountName:
    Full DN is not needed here.
    Provide the name and password of the query user (dedicated for login authentication) on your directory server. 
    Provide a query base to define the level of the query in your directory tree. 
    Every user who is a match for the query can log in to CAE LearningSpace with their credentials stored on the directory server.

LDAP synchronization:

Switch on LDAP synchronization to import users with ease from your directory server(s) into a user group in CAE LearningSpace.

  • Provide the name and password of the query user (dedicated for synchronization) of your directory server. 
  • At Mapping, enter the attributes used on your directory server that correspond with each of the personal detail fields (e.g. first name, email, UCID, etc.).
    CAE LearningSpace needs these details in Mapping to match each data field with an attribute and execute a successful synchronization.

Note

In case of invalid users or missing/ incorrect data on your directory server, the system warns you.
Meanwhile, users who are successfully authenticated can still be imported.


To import users into a group, go to Users and edit or create a new group.
Select the LDAP tab in the Create / Edit Group pop-up. Find more information at LDAP settings on this page.

Users with User Manager privilege can import users.


In case your directory server is down, users authenticated by LDAP will be unable to log in with their email and password from the directory server.
For a temporary solution, LDAP authentication can be disabled for each user one by one in their Edit User window and login details can be entered manually in CAE LearningSpace.

See the following links for more information:


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