Developing Blackboard Building Blocks

Objective of this site This site was created solely with the purpose to provide an easy and quick start on developing building blocks
for the academic Java application Blackboard ™ at Clemson University.
The tutorial in pdf format is a good source of basic information on how to start programming.
And the Quick Start page offers all the sample code from the tutorial for download.
The API and theDocumentation are from the free Blackboard™ Software Development Kit release 7.0 .
We hope the information will be helpful and wish you good luck!

What is a Building Block? A Building Block is simply a set of files installed on the Blackboard Web/app server in a way that is structured
so the server has predefined entry points to call upon the functionality of the Building Block

How do we install it? Building Block applications are deployed as packaged files and installed through the System Administrator
Panel user interface

Building Block Catalog Check the catalog before developing your own Building Blocks at www.blackboard.com/extend/b2
Search, review and download
Licensing is free, shareware, or fee-based

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