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Savvy-Student-Stats / powerbi-moodle-data-source

Using the Moodle web service, we extract Course and Grade info to feed into Power BI for pretty reports and AI insights! #ProofOfConcept #WIP
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As Greg, the Architect (lol), I am concernd that showing Teachers SSS may raise very legitimate security and/or privacy concerns. #8

Open gsteve3 opened 3 years ago

gsteve3 commented 3 years ago

Legitimate, but very addressable, technically.

To use SSS, the school must have web services, specifically the core ones required by the Moodle Mobile App, and hundreds(?) of other Moodle plugins.

SSS should be (for legal reasons, although I hold no warranty, I won't say is) as secure as logging into the School's Moodle Website.

Since SSS uses the school's existing Moodle Mobile Web Services, nothing more than a Student's existing login capabilities are required.

The unique Security Key required by the web service limits access to data only allowed by that key anyway. The keys can be removed by the user through their usual Moodle Website Security page. They can be created by logging into the Moodle app.

The Moodle Mobile App can be downloaded for free from any app store, and then a QR code can be displayed on your computer, found on the School's Moodle Site, scanned by the `Moodle Mobile App', and will login/

gsteve3 commented 3 years ago

Transparency: Anyone can inspect an open source project for errors or inconsistencies. Transparency matters to governments like Bulgaria or the United States, regulated industries like banking or healthcare, and security software like Let’s Encrypt.