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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

Searching for courses in Blackboard


Now that we have reviewed all the course settings, we'll start with the Courses link. This link within the Courses module gives us the ability to find and search for any course within the system. It doesn't matter whether it's available to users or not, we can use multiple options to search for course shells within our Blackboard instance. We can search by:

  • Course ID: A set of numbers, letters, and symbols that create a unique identifier to a course shell within Blackboard Learn

  • Course Name: The name, such as "Underwater Basket Weaving", that a course shell is given within Blackboard Learn

  • Description: A few sentences that describe the course to users

  • Instructor: The user ID of the user or users who teach the course within Blackboard Learn

  • Data Source Key: A set of numbers, letters, and symbols used in snapshot and SIS integrations

  • Term: The time frame that a course maybe associated with

Our next search option allows the user to set how the search criteria...