Blackboard Learn Administration电子书

Blackboard Learn Administration

Table of Contents

Blackboard Learn Administration

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Planning a Blackboard Learn Instance

What is Blackboard Learn?

How does Blackboard Learn work?

Blackboard Learn architecture

One server / Two server architecture

Multiple server architecture

Blackboard instance environments

How do I decide what architecture to build?

Summary

2. Installing Blackboard Learn

Operating systems

Space requirements

Installing the database

Installing an Oracle database for Blackboard Learn

Installing a Microsoft SQL Server database

Installing JDK

Preparing a Windows Server environment

Preparing a Red Hat or Solaris server for Blackboard Learn

Final preparations before installing

Installing the Blackboard Learn application

Upgrading our Blackboard Learn instance

Managing Blackboard Learn services

The Blackboard Learn Patch Utility tool

Getting Blackboard Learn Patch Utility

Getting Blackboard patches

Managing Blackboard patches with the Blackboard Learn Patch Utility tool

Summary

3. Setting Up and Customizing Blackboard Learn

Branding Blackboard Learn

Blackboard Learn themes

Blackboard Learn color palettes

Basic branding within Blackboard Learn

Advanced branding of our Blackboard Learn instance

Customizing the Blackboard login page

Summary

4. Creating Courses in Blackboard Learn

Courses in Blackboard Learn

Course names and course IDs

New shells versus recycling

Course settings in Blackboard

Default course properties

Course themes and icons

Course Tools

Quick Setup Guide

Custom images

Default course size limits

Grade Center settings

Course menu and structures

Default notification settings

Default grading schema

Creating a course catalog structure

Terms

Searching for courses in Blackboard

Creating single courses in Blackboard

Creating courses using the batch course creation tool

Importing content into a new course

Copying content into a new or existing course

Summary

5. Administrating Courses in Blackboard Learn

Enrolling users into Blackboard Learn courses

Creating a batch enrollment file

Enrolling users using the Batch Enrollment process

Possible issues with the batch enrollment process

Using Quick Enroll in Blackboard Learn

Exporting and archiving courses in Blackboard Learn

Exporting a course

Exporting a course using the Blackboard Learn format

Exporting a Blackboard course into Common Cartridge format

Archiving a Blackboard course

Batch exporting and archiving courses

Tips for batch exporting and archiving

Using the Bulk Delete function in Blackboard Learn

Removing a course from Blackboard Learn

Reusing recently-deleted course IDs

Summary

6. Creating Users in Blackboard Learn

User creation policy

Setting Up default user information in Blackboard Learn

Creating single users in Blackboard Learn

Creating multiple users in Blackboard Learn

Accessing users in Blackboard Learn

Summary

7. Managing Roles and Users in Blackboard Learn

Roles within Blackboard Learn

Managing course roles in Blackboard Learn

Editing a course role

Creating a new course role using the Copy function

Managing privileges for course roles

Managing system roles in Blackboard Learn

Creating system roles in Blackboard Learn

Creating custom institutional roles in Blackboard Learn

Managing role privileges in Blackboard Learn

Developing role privilege policies in Blackboard Learn

Disabling user access to Blackboard Learn

Removing users in Blackboard Learn

Summary

8. Using Tools and Utilities in Blackboard Learn

System announcements

Creating a system announcement

Editing or deleting a system announcement

Spell Check Dictionaries in Blackboard Learn

Creating a new spell check dictionary within Blackboard Learn

Adding a spell check dictionary in Blackboard Learn

Managing a spell check dictionary in Blackboard Learn

Language packs

Notifications

Setting up general notifications

Managing the default notifications settings

Course Messages

Calendar

E-mails

Enterprise surveys in Blackboard Learn

Goals

My Blackboard Settings

Math Editor Image Service

Tools

Chalk Titles

Summary

9. Security, Reporting, and Configuration in Blackboard Learn

Security in Blackboard Learn

Managing SSL certificates

Managing guest access

Managing session fingerprints

Input Validation Filter

Safe HTML Filters

Alternate Domain for Serving Content

System information in Blackboard Learn

System configuration

System reporting

Disk Usage

Refresh Report Data

Textbook Information

Optimizing our Blackboard Learn environment

Blackboard Tasks

Optimizing web services

Monitoring and optimizing Internet Information Services

Monitoring and optimizing Apache

Installing and configuring Apache 2.2 for Blackboard Learn

Tomcat configuration and optimization

Tomcat thread queuing

Summary

10. Authentication and Data Integration in Blackboard Learn

External authentication in Blackboard Learn

Planning authentication integration

LDAP

Central Authentication Service

Shibboleth authentication

Blackboard legacy authentication framework

Default

In case our external authentication options aren't working

External authentication provider planning

Adding external authentication providers

Creating an LDAP provider

Creating a Shibboleth provider

Creating a CAS provider

Setting up external authentication-provider order

Data integration with Blackboard Learn

The snapshot tool in Blackboard Learn

The SIS Framework

Integration options

Questions to ask when planning your data integration

Creating data sources

Building a flat file integration

Creating the flat file

Creating the integration within Blackboard Learn

Testing our flat file

Sending files to Blackboard Learn

Summary

11. Implementing Building Blocks in Blackboard Learn

Blackboard Learn building blocks

Installing a building block

Configuring and managing a building block

Removing a building block

Building block manager

Web services in Blackboard Learn

LTI Tool Providers

Recommended building blocks

Summary

12. Logs, Troubleshooting, and Disaster Recovery in Blackboard Learn

Troubleshooting issues in Blackboard Learn

Finding and searching log files

Locating and accessing log files

SIS Logs

Authentication Logs

System Logs

System Tasks Status

Course Cartridge Import Status

Log Rotation

Locating log files in Blackboard Learn

Apache

IIS

Tomcat

Blackboard application

Tips for troubleshooting issues with log files

Disaster recovery

Understanding expectations

Prioritizing Blackboard data

Example Blackboard Learn disaster recovery plan

Summary

A. Appendix

Index