Blackboard learn administration : discover how to administrate your Blackboard learn platform through step-by-step tutorials / Terry Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, Terry.

Series:

Community Experience Distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Patterson Terry: Terry Patterson has over ten years of experience administrating Blackboard LMS environments at various institutions. During that time, he has held numerous leadership roles in Blackboard feedback panels and customer-led user groups. In 2009, he received a Blackboard Catalyst Award for his work in the Blackboard Community. He has given presentations at state, national, and international conferences about emerging and advanced integrations with the Blackboard application. He holds certifications as a Blackboard Trainer and a Blackboard Server Administrator. When not busy in his position as LMS Application Administrator at the University of Missouri, he works to help answer questions from other system administrators and posts the issues he faces on his Blackboard Guru blog at http: //www. blackboardguru. com/.

Summary:

Handson and stepbystep instructions on successfully administrating Blackboard Learn from an admin expert.This book is for inhouse IT administrators who are responsible for maintaining the school's IT system and making sure that it is ready for the teachers to use. Readers will need some experience with server management and installation.

Contents:

Planning a Blackboard Learn instance

Installing Blackboard Learn

Setting up and customizing Blackboard Learn

Creating courses in Blackboard Learn

Administrating courses in Blackboard Learn

Creating users in Blackboard Learn

Managing roles and users in Blackboard Learn

Using tools and utilities in Blackboard Learn

Security, reporting, and configuration in Balckboard Learn

Authentication and data integration in Blackboard Learn

Implementing building blocks in Blackboard Learn

Logs, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery in Blackboard Learn.

Notes:

"Community experience distilled"--Cover.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849693073

1849693072

OCLC:

849917284