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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

Installing JDK


In Chapter 1, Planning a Blackboard Learn Instance, we discussed that Blackboard Learn runs on Tomcat, which uses Java to create the pages that users will see on their browser. Many times we hear the term Java being used in a variety of different places; in a discussion about desktops and laptops, servers, or even some electronic devices. So let's take a moment to understand what type of Java affects us and our Blackboard Learn environment. Java Runtime Environment (JRE) will normally be found installed on your desktop or laptop. It allows Java applets to run within a browser or a Java application on your device. JDK helps to create and compile Java applets.

Blackboard Learn can be very specific about which version of Java it uses, and most operating systems don't include the correct version of Java during the operating-system installation. Because of this, we will install JDK, which allows Blackboard Learn to create the pages and files we need.

First we must download the JDK...