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

Blackboard

This guide gives Blackboard administrators the step-by-step instructions to integrate Blackboard with GradeChum. Follow the steps below, one after another, to complete the 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 uses for the integration.
  • Steps: 1. Log in to Blackboard and go to System Admin > Users. 2. Click Create User. 3. Fill in the following fields:
    • First Name: Grade
    • Last Name: Chum
    • Username: grade-chum
    • New Password: Generate a secure random password, and save it for later use.
    • Verify New Password: Enter the generated password again.
    • 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. Go to System Admin > Integrations > REST API Integrations. 3. Click Create Integration. 4. Enter the application ID you received from cymmer@gradechum.com. 5. Set the Learn User to the grade-chum user you created in step 2. 6. Set End User Access to Yes. 7. Set Authorized To Act as User to No.
  1. Verify the integration with GradeChum
  • Objective: Confirm that the integration with Blackboard is successful.
  • Steps: 1. Email cymmer@gradechum.com to tell them that you have completed the integration steps. Include the password for the grade-chum user. 2. Wait for confirmation from GradeChum. 3. Once you receive confirmation that everything is set up correctly, the integration is complete.

And that's how you integrate Blackboard with GradeChum! Next, your teachers can connect to LMS from their GradeChum accounts.

Last updated September 21, 2026