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Blackboard is a Learning Management System used by thousands of schools around the world. It can be extended by developers through the Building Blocks API and Web Services Specifications.

Blackboard is a Learning Management System used by thousands of schools around the world. It can be extended by developers through the Building Block API.

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Does anyone know of a successful implementation of the Blackboard pattern?

I've been interested in the Blackboard pattern for years (especially back when I was studying AI), however I still haven't been able to find a good implementation of it outside of academia, although it seems a very useful pattern for the current…
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Convert number of minutes to hh:mm

I have a column in a table that stores the number of minutes as a numeric(18,4) field named [course_access_minutes]. The stored values come from a blackboard database and look like this: 0.0500 0.0667 0.3667 up to 314.0833 625.8167 How do I…
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Is it possible to programmatically submit an assignment to Blackboard using Blackboard WebServices

Can anyone confirm if it is possible to programmatically submit an assignment to Blackboard using Blackboard WebServices? (As documented here). Specifically I would like to know the correct way of using the Gradebook.WS, AttemptVO and the…
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LTI and common cartridge

I am using Blackboard LMS and I am new with LTI staff. I want to know what is common cartridge & how it is related with LTI? Please also specify what are the differences between those?
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Adding user to blackboard using ColdFusion

I'm able to create the authentication session successfully but I'm receiving the following [WSFW000]null error when attempting to add a user. This is the package I'm sending:
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How can I get a VTT file to work with my mp4 on a streaming server?

I have several videos I am trying to add a VTT closed captioned file to. I am deploying the MP4 via JWPlayer 6.8 within Blackboard SP11. I'm having a hard time deciphering exactly what I need to do to get this to work. The MP4 is on a DIFFERENT…
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SSH tunneling to remote access MySQL database

I am trying to write Java program to access a remote mySQL database using ssh tunneling. Below is my code: int lport = 5656; int rport = 3306; String rhost = "111.222.333.444"; String host = "111.222.333.444"; String user = "username"; String…
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Need advice for development of a graph based simulation engine

Here in my university they have developed a java based application for visualizing graphs and manipulating them, something similar to GUESS but somehow with different capabilities. the website hosting the project is graphlab.sharif.edu but the…
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Unable to get authorization CODE on Blackboard Learn

I had subscribed and installed "Blackboard Learn for REST and LTI Developers" on the AWS. The instance is running fine. I have also registered with developer.blackboard.com and got Application Key, Secret and Application ID. According to the…
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logins with cURL

I'm looking to use cURL to login to Blackboard, a course management system used a many universities. (For example, http://blackboard.unh.edu) How would I do this? Blackboard uses HTTPS certificates and cookies too I believe. Thanks!
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Blackboard Learn 9.1 - supported LIS 2.0 operations

Does anyone know of a list of the supported operations that Blackboard Learn 9.1 April 2014 supports? I know it conforms to LIS 2.0 Final specifications, but there are many operations within those specs that don't seem to be supported. For the…
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Blackboard Building Blocks: Spring MVC Configuration 404 error

I am using Spring MVC in my building block. I am getting java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet error when I check in blackboard logs and UI is displaying following error message - The specified…
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How to reliably kill @Scheduled threads across servers?

I'm building a plugin that is implemented as a Spring MVC application. This plugin is deployed on 3 - 6 tomcat servers via a gui on one of the servers. Each of the instances of the plugin has an @Scheduled method to collect information on the server…
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TypeError: $(...) is null error in firebug but code works on jsFiddle

You can see my js (and associated html and css) at: http://jsfiddle.net/twsx7/9/ I am working on a tweak to work with Blackboard Learn 9.1 (so if anyone has experiencing with the learning management system, or with the tweaks building block they…
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Blackboard header: Ok in Chrome and IE8, wonky in Firefox

I've got some HTML with inline styling, which I'm using for a page header in the Blackboard content management system. It's supposed to look like this: http://media.norquest.ca/ace/math/screenie-00.png ...and it does, in Chrome and in IE8. But in…
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