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Blackboard connector for Okou

Connect Blackboard Learn to read courses, content, discussions, announcements, enrollments, attendance, grades, users, calendar items, and administration metadata through the official Learn REST API.

Docs & knowledge · Blackboard Learn OAuth access token

Use Blackboard in Okou

Use Blackboard Learn to read courses, course content, assessments, discussions, announcements, messages, enrollments, attendance, calendars, grades, users, roles, and Learn administration metadata.

Once connected, supported Blackboard actions can become steps in a reusable workflow alongside the other services your team uses. Run the workflow once, on a schedule, or when an event starts it.

What you can do with Blackboard

  • Read Blackboard administration metadata, including terms, categories, data sources, hierarchy, LTI, proctoring, SIS logs, uploads, and system information.
  • Read institution and course announcements and their recipient metadata.
  • Read attendance sessions, records, and related course attendance metadata.
  • Read metadata about the currently supplied Blackboard Learn bearer token without creating or exchanging credentials.
  • Read calendar items and calendar metadata available to the authenticated Learn user.
  • Read course message folders, messages, and message participants.
  • Read courses assessment questions, content hierarchy, content resources, attachments, review data, and adaptive-release metadata.
  • Read courses, course metadata, child courses, and course-related reference data.

How the Blackboard connector works

A connected service becomes one permissioned step in the work you hand off.

  1. 1

    Connect Blackboard

    Choose Blackboard Learn OAuth access token.

  2. 2

    Choose the work

    Use only the supported actions your workflow needs.

  3. 3

    Run it your way

    Start it once, schedule it, or attach an event trigger.

Connect Blackboard securely

Use the connection method that fits your account and grant only the access the workflow needs.

  • Blackboard Learn OAuth access token

Connector access is controlled per service and per action, so a workflow does not need broader access than the work you ask it to do.

What Blackboard covers

The topics this connector's published operations touch.

  • blackboard
  • blackboard learn
  • anthology
  • learning management system
  • lms
  • education

Blackboard connector questions

What can Okou do with Blackboard?
Connect Blackboard Learn to read courses, content, discussions, announcements, enrollments, attendance, grades, users, calendar items, and administration metadata through the official Learn REST API. Documented actions include: Read Blackboard administration metadata, including terms, categories, data sources, hierarchy, LTI, proctoring, SIS logs, uploads, and system information. Read institution and course announcements and their recipient metadata.
How do I connect Blackboard to Okou?
Connect Blackboard using Blackboard Learn OAuth access token. The connection controls which supported actions a workflow can use.
Can Blackboard run in an automated workflow?
Yes. After it is connected, supported Blackboard actions can run in reusable Okou workflows on demand, on a schedule, or from an event trigger.

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