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Blackboard is a learning management system (LMS) that enables instructors to provide students with access to course materials, communication tools, online assessments, grades, and the ability to submit assignments electronically.

 

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1) License

Blackboard can be obtained with a SURFmarket campus license.

SURFmarket information about this product can be found here.
(You will need an account for SURFmarket.nl to view this information.)

2) Attributes

See also SURFconext Dashboard for SAML attribute requirements.

Attributes needed for IdP configuration and forwarded by SURFconext to this service are:

3) SIngle or Multi-tenancy

Blackboard is a single tenant service.

4) Configuration

Blackboard has multiple ways to configure Single Sign On. Authentication with blackboard is described here: http://library.blackboard.com/ref/df5b20ed-ce8d-4428-a595-a0091b23dda3/Content/Mini_TOCs/mt_admin_server_auth.htm. One of the options is to use shibboleth, and shibboleth is a well known tool to connect services to SURFconext. Read more about Blackboard and shibboleht here: http://library.blackboard.com/ref/df5b20ed-ce8d-4428-a595-a0091b23dda3/Content/_admin_server_authentication/authentication_shibboleth_integration.htm

5) Provisioning

Blackboard provides information on managing user accounts here: http://library.blackboard.com/ref/df5b20ed-ce8d-4428-a595-a0091b23dda3/Content/_admin_app_users/admin_app_users_accounts_manage.htm.
Accounts can be added in batch through the administrator panel for example.

6) Other

There is no other information.

 

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