Blackboard Learn
Administration
Discover how to administrate your Blackboard
Learn platform through step-by-step tutorials
Terry Patterson
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Blackboard Learn Administration
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First published: May 2013
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Credits
Author
Terry Patterson
Reviewers
David Hopkins
Dr Malcolm Murray
Simon Roberts
Wayne Twitchell
Mike Zimmerman
Acquisition Editor
Joanne Fitzpatrick
Lead Technical Editor
Sweny M. Sukumaran
Technical Editors
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Project Coordinator
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Proofreaders
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Indexer
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Graphics
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About the Author
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 certications 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/.
I would like to thank my friends and family who have been positive
and encouraging throughout this process. Thanks to my colleagues
at the University of Missouri, including Tanys, Guy, Michael, Ethan,
and countless others who have offered their expertise and support.
I also want to thank the many Blackboard employees who always
welcomed my questions no matter how long winded they were.
Thanks to the Packt Publishing team for their help, as I have learned
the book-writing process. Finally, thanks to you, the Blackboard
administrators reading this book; I hope you nd this book to be a
helpful resource in your duties.
