ADVANCED GUIDE/🏫LMS Integration/1️⃣Initial setup (admin)

Blackboard

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for Blackboard administrators to integrate Blackboard with GradeChum. Follow the steps carefully to ensure a successful setup.

  1. Register your Domain with GradeChum
  • Objective: Enable your Blackboard domain to connect with GradeChum’s API.
  • Steps: 1. Email your Blackboard website URL to cymmer@gradechum.com. 2. Wait for confirmation from cymmer@gradechum.com. You will receive an application ID once your domain is registered with GradeChum’s Blackboard application.
  1. Create a GradeChum User in Blackboard
  • Objective: Set up a dedicated user in Blackboard that GradeChum will use for integration.
  • Steps: 1. Log in to Blackboard and navigate to System Admin > Users. 2. Click on Create User. 3. Fill in the following fields:
    • First Name: Grade
    • Last Name: Chum
    • Username: grade-chum
    • New Password: Generate a secure random password (save this password for later use).
    • Verify New Password: Re-enter the generated password.
    • Institution Roles: Set Faculty as the Primary Institution Role.
    • System Roles: Assign the Course Administrator role.
  1. Add GradeChum to REST API Integrations
  • Objective: Grant GradeChum access to Blackboard’s REST API.
  • Steps: 1. Log in to Blackboard as an administrator. 2. Navigate to System Admin > Integrations > REST API Integrations. 3. Click on Create Integration. 4. Enter the application ID you received from cymmer@gradechum.com. 5. Set the Learn User to grade-chum (the user created in Step 2). 6. Set End User Access to Yes. 7. Set Authorized To Act as User to No.
  1. Verify Integration with GradeChum
  • Objective: Confirm that the integration with Blackboard is successful.
  • Steps:
  • Email cymmer@gradechum.com to notify them that you’ve completed the integration steps. Include the password for the grade-chum user.
  • Await confirmation from GradeChum.
  • Once you receive confirmation that everything is set up correctly, the integration process is complete.
Last updated December 10, 2025