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Use SISID instead of email when talking to an LTI tool #16

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acbart opened this issue Aug 25, 2020 · 0 comments
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Use SISID instead of email when talking to an LTI tool #16

acbart opened this issue Aug 25, 2020 · 0 comments

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acbart commented Aug 25, 2020

Currently, when an LTI tool registers a user in BlockPy, it uses their email address to recognize them. However, it was pointed out that email addresses can change. Instead, we should apparently use the SISID as a more stable mechanism. This might be as easy as a new column for users, but I think to do this properly we actually need to have a separate table or move the mechanism into the Authentication table.

We'd need to also investigate whether this fix would A) work with every LMS, and B) avoid breaking existing data for other schools. Finally, I'd want to assess what added security risk storing these SISIDs would have.

It's possible this should all be in Version 6 as part of the major architectural changes.

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