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Blackboard Learn Administration

By : Terry Patterson
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Blackboard Learn Administration

By: Terry Patterson

Overview of this book

Blackboard Learn is web application software that allows users around the world to participate in training and educational opportunities. This software is utilized in high schools, college campuses, corporations, and government entities."Blackboard Learn Administration" navigates both novice and experienced administrators through the simple and complex parts of the E-Learning portal.Readers go step-by-step with the author from planning and installing a Blackboard Learn instance to supporting and administrating a system with courses and users.The book starts with how to plan, install, and brand a Blackboard Learn instance. Readers then learn about the creation and management of courses and users. You then learn about the tools and controls that administrator's possess within Blackboard Learn. Readers also review how to improve security and performance within their system. You then dip into complex topics such as integrating Blackboard Learn with other information systems and publisher websites.Administrating Blackboard Learn educates the reader on the fundamental tools and tasks for basic administration, while explaining complex options that expert administrators want to tackle.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Blackboard Learn Administration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
6
Creating Users in Blackboard Learn
Appendix
Index

Preparing a Windows Server environment


We need to get Windows Server ready for the Blackboard Learn installation process. Our first task is to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable within our application server. Here are some simple steps to set this variable to the location of your Java installation:

  1. Right-click on Computer and select Properties.

  2. Click on Environment Variables in the Advanced tab in System Properties.

  3. In the System variables list, find JAVA_HOME and click on Edit. If JAVA_HOME doesn't exist in the System variables list, click on New. A new window will appear. The Variable name field should read JAVA_HOME.

  4. Enter the full path to our JDK installation in the Variable value field, for example, C:\Java\jdk1.7.0_17\bin.

  5. Click on OK.

The following screenshot illustrates these steps:

If we are installing Blackboard Learn on Windows Server 2008, we should refer to the Blackboard Learn document titled Configuring Windows Server 2008 IIS 7 Roles and Features. Other prior versions of Windows...