Blackboard Data Integration (Q2/Q4 2017, Q2/Q4 2018, SaaS)
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Course Evaluations & Surveys offers a variety of integration features for Blackboard Learn customers that can both streamline your operational process and provide easy access for users within Blackboard, which together can facilitate your course evaluation and survey process. This article provides instructions on how to set up the Course Evaluations & Surveys Data Integration.
The Course Evaluations & Surveys Data Integration functionality for Blackboard Learn version Q2 2017 and above as well as SaaS includes:
Data Integration Features: Allows CESAdministrators to search and select the Blackboard courses as well as the students, instructors and teaching assistants enrolled in those courses to be included in an Course Evaluations & Surveys Project, then securely import your selected courses and enrollments into your Course Evaluations & Surveys project.
Student, Instructor and Teaching Assistant Enrollment Refresh Feature: Allows refreshes to be scheduled to automatically update enrollments to courses within your Course Evaluations & Surveys projects, to reflect any enrollments added or dropped in Blackboard.
Gradebook Survey Points Feature: Allows either Blackboard Administrators or Instructors to assign a specific number of points for completed surveys, and then automatically have a Gradebook item generated (Column name is EK Course Evaluation) along with the corresponding points added for each student who has completed a specified survey.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP INSTRUCTIONS FOR DATA INTEGRATION FEATURES
Course Evaluations & Surveys Integration Setup in Blackboard
As a Blackboard Administrator, log in to your instance of Blackboard and complete the following:
Create a designated Blackboard Administrator, which will be associated to the integration. Below are the minimum permissions needed for a custom admin system role for Data Integration to work:
Course/Organization Control Panel (Grade Center) > Full Control
User management by Web Services
Navigate to System Admin > Integrations (section) > REST API Integrations.
Select Create Integration.
Application ID: Copy and paste the following Application ID into this field:
96bcd076-8704-4e76-8595-747cb29e2ecf
Learn User: Click Browse and select the Blackboard Administrator account or enter the username of the Blackboard Administrator you created for these integration purposes.
Click Submit.
Name the integration (I.e. Course Evaluations & Surveys or CES).
Next, log in to your Course Evaluations & Surveys Account as the CES Administrator and go to Account > Integrations (section) > Blackboard > Data Integration (tab) to configure the Connection Settings:
Blackboard Site Name: This is any name you want to assign to your instance of Bb Learn to identify it (e.g., Bb Learn Production or Bb Learn QA).
Blackboard Site Version: Select the correct version from the dropdown.
Blackboard Site Address: Enter the URL for your instance of Blackboard.
REST API Authentication: Will be selected by default.
REST API Key: contact our Support Team by clicking Submit A Request to configure and enable this part of the integration. If you are a new customer being implemented, please reach out to your Implementation Team.
REST API Secret:contact our Support Team by clicking Submit A Request to configure and enable this part of the integration. If you are a new customer being implemented, please reach out to your Implementation Team.
Click Save.
Click Test Connection: You should receive a Test Passed message at the bottom of the screen, if all is configured properly. If you receive a Test Failed message, review your configuration steps above and if you are unable to resolve, contact our Support Team by clicking Submit A Request
