In this chapter, our initial discussion introduced us to Blackboard Learn and gave us a broad overview of its components. We also discussed planning the architecture of a Blackboard Learn instance. We can build our instance on one, two, or multiple server architectures. These servers can be hardware based, virtual, or even in the cloud. When we plan to create a Blackboard Learn instance, we must look at multiple factors around our organization including its use, the number of users, and how it may grow in the future. Once we create a plan on what type of instance we need to build, the creation of our Blackboard Learn instance can begin.
Our next chapter takes the planning we have done for our virtual community and puts it into motion. We will learn how to install Blackboard Learn and how to prepare our server or servers for it. Our discussions will also address how to upgrade and patch our instance to fix problems or security issues. Our construction team has been given the green light. Let's get to it!