Registration Portal ILPO - University of Jyväskylä

University of Jyväskylä in Finland university utilises Plone 6 in their registration portal of continuous learning ILPO to allow students register, buy and enroll to courses, and save editors time by easy content editing and various integrations to multiple other systems.

Requirements

The university needed a portal through which users could:

Register as university users using trusted methods like passports or bank authentication
Browse through available courses
Buy courses
Buy courses using discount coupons

Technically, the portal needed to have:

Easy editing for content editors
High security
Integration to study information system
Integration to workflow engine Camunda
Integrations to authentication systems, both domestic and international
Integrations to LMSs used in the university
Integration to identity management
Visual presentation of the workflow to easily identify where users might get stuck

All this should be:

Very easy to use despite the complex process
University branded
Accessible
Mobile friendly
Free of any licence costs
Extensible for future purposes

Outcome

This development was done by digital services unit at the university. Based on their previous experience, they knew that Plone would be a good fit for this case. Plone 6 provided a fast and easy-to-use interface. Plone 6's React frontend was easy to extend and Plone Rest API provided vast integration possibilities.

In the future, more features and integrations will be added to the site.

Visit the site: https://ilpo.jyu.fi/en