Administrator Panel

The Administrator Panel is an area only available to users with administrative privileges. The Administrator Panel contains all the features and tools for administering the Blackboard Academic Suite.

Not all of the features on the Administrator Panel will be available to all users. For example, users running Blackboard Learning System and Blackboard Learning System—Basic Edition cannot create custom tabs or modules to extend the portal. Those features are only available with the Blackboard Community System.

Also, Blackboard Learning System—Basic Edition users cannot change the Integration Password because they are not licensed to use the advanced integration and data management tools. Those features are only available with the Blackboard Learning System.

Features that are not licensed may appear as gray text within the application and the links will not work.

Blackboard Learning System and Blackboard Community System can be licensed to support several installations on the same hardware. Each of these installations is considered a “Virtual Installation,” including the first or base installation. For more information on installing and managing Virtual Installations please see the Setup Guide.

The Administrator Panel includes an additional section accessible only by the root_admin user for managing Virtual Installations. This section of the panel is documented in the Setup Guide.

One important consideration for those with Administrative access that are also enrolled as Students  a separate user account must be used for the Student role. An Administrator acting as a Student will create problems in the system.