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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

Summary


This chapter took us on a review of how to improve the look of our Blackboard Learn instance and how to make it into one that matches the look and feel of other websites within our organization. We defined the parts that make up Blackboard and reviewed the simple and advanced options to make branding changes. Blackboard also gives us the ability to customize the login page to match our organization's branding.

Now that we have the street signs painted, flowers on the sidewalks, and a nice welcoming area for our users, we need to create places for the users to do their work in. We need to create courses that will be the virtual classrooms for our users. We should get to work before the school bell rings.