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Supported Tools

Tools45Triggers4

delete_course

Delete Course

Permanently delete a course from Blackboard Learn. This action cannot be undone.

create_grade_column

Create Grade Column

Create a new grade column in a course's gradebook. Configure scoring, grading type, and due date.

list_courses

List Courses

List courses in Blackboard Learn with optional filtering by availability, term, and data source. Supports pagination.

update_content

Update Course Content

Update a content item in a course. Only provided fields will be changed.

grade_attempt

Grade Assignment Attempt

Grade a student's assignment attempt. Set the score, provide feedback, and update the status.

create_group

Create Course Group

Create a group within a course. Groups enable collaborative work among course members. Configure enrollment type and member limits.

list_attendance_records

List Attendance Records

List attendance records for a specific meeting, showing all student statuses.

enroll_user

Enroll User in Course

Enroll a user in a course with a specified role. If the user is already enrolled, their enrollment will be updated.

update_user

Update User

Update a user account's properties. Only provided fields will be changed.

create_calendar_item

Create Calendar Item

Create a calendar item in Blackboard Learn. Can create personal, course, or system calendar events.

list_attendance_meetings

List Attendance Meetings

List attendance meetings (class sessions) for a course.

manage_group_members

Manage Group Members

Add or remove members from a course group. Use action "add" to add a user or "remove" to remove one. Use action "list" to see current members.

update_grade_column

Update Grade Column

Update a grade column's properties in a course gradebook.

list_attempts

List Assignment Attempts

List student attempts (submissions) for a grade column. Optionally filter by a specific user.

list_announcements

List Announcements

List announcements for a course. Provide a courseId for course-level announcements, or omit it for system-level announcements.

get_user

Get User

Retrieve a user's profile. Accepts the user's internal ID, external ID (prefixed with `externalId:`), or username (prefixed with `userName:`).

list_users

List Users

List user accounts in Blackboard Learn with optional filtering and pagination.

unenroll_user

Unenroll User from Course

Remove a user's enrollment from a course. This removes the user from the course roster.

get_content

Get Course Content

Retrieve a specific content item from a course.

delete_group

Delete Course Group

Delete a group from a course.

update_course

Update Course

Update an existing course's properties such as name, description, availability, enrollment settings, and term association. Only provided fields will be changed.

get_grade

Get Grade

Get a specific student's grade for a grade column.

get_attempt

Get Assignment Attempt

Get details of a specific assignment attempt (submission).

record_grade

Record Grade

Record or update a student's grade for a specific grade column. Set the score, text grade, feedback, or exempt status.

list_grade_columns

List Grade Columns

List all grade columns in a course's gradebook.

list_content

List Course Content

List content items in a course. By default lists top-level content. Provide a parentId to list children of a folder.

create_content

Create Course Content

Create a content item in a course. Supports documents, folders, links, and other content types. Optionally place it inside a parent folder.

update_announcement

Update Announcement

Update an existing course announcement. Only provided fields will be changed.

list_calendar_items

List Calendar Items

List calendar items from Blackboard Learn. Filter by course, type, or date range. Includes personal, course, and system calendar events.

get_course

Get Course

Retrieve details for a specific course. Accepts the course's internal ID, external ID (prefixed with `externalId:`), or course ID (prefixed with `courseId:`).

create_user

Create User

Create a new user account in Blackboard Learn. Requires a unique username. Optionally set name, email, roles, and availability.

create_course

Create Course

Create a new course in Blackboard Learn. Specify a unique course ID (the human-readable identifier) and a name. Optionally configure availability, enrollment settings, terms, and guest access.

list_grades

List Grades

List grades for a grade column (all students) or for a user (all columns). Provide columnId to get all student grades for a column, or userId to get all grades for a specific student.

record_attendance

Record Attendance

Record or update a student's attendance for a specific meeting. Set the status to present, late, absent, or excused.

update_enrollment

Update Enrollment

Update a user's enrollment in a course — change their role, availability, or data source.

update_group

Update Course Group

Update a course group's properties.

get_enrollment

Get Enrollment

Get the enrollment details for a specific user in a specific course.

create_attendance_meeting

Create Attendance Meeting

Create an attendance meeting (class session) for a course. Meetings created via the API can only have their attendance modified via the API.

delete_user

Delete User

Permanently delete a user account from Blackboard Learn. This action cannot be undone.

list_groups

List Course Groups

List all groups in a course.

delete_content

Delete Course Content

Delete a content item from a course. This also removes all child items if the content is a folder.

delete_announcement

Delete Announcement

Delete a course announcement. This action cannot be undone.

list_enrollments

List Enrollments

List course enrollments. Provide a courseId to list all users in a course, or a userId to list all courses a user is enrolled in.

create_announcement

Create Announcement

Create an announcement in a course. Announcements are displayed to enrolled users and can be scheduled with start/end dates.

list_terms

List Terms

List academic terms configured in Blackboard Learn. Terms represent semesters, quarters, or other time periods used to organize courses.

More integrations teams use with Blackboard

Slack

Slack: connect with bot OAuth or user OAuth. Send, update, delete, and schedule messages; list and cancel scheduled messages; open DMs and group DMs; manage conversations, members, files, reactions, pins, bookmarks, reminders, user groups, and user status; search messages and files with user scopes; and retrieve user, conversation, and workspace info.

Sharepoint

Manage SharePoint sites, document libraries, lists, and files. Create, read, update, and delete lists and list items with custom columns. Upload, download, move, copy, and version files in document libraries. Search across sites, files, folders, lists, and list items using Microsoft Search. Manage permissions at site, list, and item levels with granular access control. Define and manage content types and site columns. Subscribe to webhooks for list and library change notifications. Retrieve site properties and search for sites across Microsoft 365.

Microsoft Outlook

Send, read, reply to, forward, and manage email messages in user mailboxes. Organize messages into folders, apply categories, flags, and importance levels. Manage file and item attachments. Create, update, delete, and respond to calendar events and meetings. Find available meeting times, manage attendees, handle recurrence, and work with shared or delegated calendars. Create, read, update, and delete contacts, organize them into contact folders, and manage contact photos. Manage tasks and task lists via Microsoft To Do, including due dates, reminders, recurrence, and checklist items. Subscribe to webhook notifications for changes to messages, calendar events, and contacts. Support for Focused Inbox, @-mentions, mail tips, send-on-behalf, and send-as capabilities.

Discord

Send, edit, and delete messages in channels. Manage servers (guilds), channels, roles, members, invites, webhooks, threads, scheduled events, auto moderation rules, audit logs, application commands, and custom guild emojis. Add or remove users, assign roles, kick or ban members, and receive supported message, guild, channel, member, and inbound webhook triggers.

Confluence

Create, read, update, and delete pages, blog posts, comments, and attachments in Confluence spaces. Manage spaces, permissions, labels, and content restrictions. Search content using Confluence Query Language (CQL). Upload and download file attachments with versioning. Manage users, groups, and group memberships. Create and manage whiteboards, databases, folders, and templates. View and update inline tasks. Access audit logs. Listen for webhooks on page, blog, comment, attachment, space, label, and user events.

Notion

Create, read, update, and archive pages and databases in a Notion workspace. Manage blocks (paragraphs, lists, headings, embeds, etc.) within pages. Query databases with filters and sorts across rich property types including text, numbers, dates, selects, relations, and formulas. Search across pages and databases by title. Add and read comments on pages and blocks. Upload files to pages. Manage workspace users and retrieve user profiles. Receive real-time webhook notifications for page changes, new pages, comments, and database schema updates.

Technical notes for Blackboard

Manage courses, users, enrollments, grades, and content in the Blackboard Learn LMS. Create and update courses with enrollment settings and availability. Manage user accounts and enroll or unenroll users in courses with specific roles. Create and organize course content including documents, files, folders, and links. Manage assignments with instructions, due dates, and file attachments, and track student submissions. Record and retrieve grades through gradebook columns, including calculated columns and grade schemas. Post announcements at the system or course level. Track student attendance and tie attendance data to grades. Manage course groups, course messages, calendars, data sources, institutional hierarchy, and system-level settings such as terms and roles.

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