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Blackboard Data Developer Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 01 December 2022
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary

 

Blackboard Learn SaaS CD Releases
Date (YYYY-MM-DD) Status Entry Source Description
2022-12-01 Added Grades Released Ind
CDM_ LMS. GRADEBOOK. VISIBLE_ IND

LEARN. GRADEBOOK_ MAIN. GRADES_ RELEASED

 Indicates if a grade was released from a LTI item to the gradebook. If TRUE then grades are available, but VISIBLE_IND defines whether the grades are visible to students.
2022-12-01 Changed Visible Ind
CDM_ LMS. GRADEBOOK. VISIBLE_ IND

LEARN. GRADEBOOK_ MAIN. VISIBLE_ IND

LEARN. GRADEBOOK_ MAIN. VISIBLE_ IN_ BOOK_ IND

This indicator will now consider the VISIBLE_IN_BOOK_IND column to truly represent the visibility of grades to students.

Indicates whether the gradable item is released and visible or not for students and instructors in the Gradebook. If the value is FALSE, the column is hidden from students and may also be hidden from instructors. (Original Course View only)

Blackboard Data Developer Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 14 September 2022
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary

 

Blackboard Learn SaaS CD Releases
Date (YYYY-MM-DD) Status Entry Source Description
2022-09-14 Added Primary Instructor Ind
CDM_LMS.PERSON_COURSE.PRIMARY_INSTRUCTOR_IND

LEARN.COURSE_USERS.DISPLAY_ORDER

 If TRUE then this user is the main instructor for the course. If FALSE then this user is not the primary instructor for the course.

Blackboard Data Developer July 2022 Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 27 July 2022
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary

 

Blackboard Learn SaaS CD Releases
Date (YYYY-MM-DD) Status Entry Source Description
2022-07-27 Added End Time
CDM_LMS.COURSE.END_TIME

LEARN.COURSE_MAIN.END_DATE

 The date and time a course stops being available for students in the LMS.
2022-07-27 Added End Time
CDM_LMS.TERM.END_TIME

LEARN.TERM.END_DATE

 The date and time a term ends in the LMS.
2022-07-27 Added Start Time
CDM_LMS.COURSE.START_TIME

LEARN.COURSE_MAIN.START_DATE

 The date and time a course starts to be available for students in the LMS.
2022-07-27 Added Start Time
CDM_LMS.TERM.START_TIME

LEARN.TERM.START_DATE

 The date and time a term begins in the LMS.

Blackboard Data Developer May 2022 Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 31 May 2022
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary

 

Blackboard Learn SaaS CD Releases
Date (YYYY-MM-DD) Status Entry Source Description
2022-05-31 Added Due Date Exception
CDM_LMS.PERSON_COURSE.DUE_DATE_EXCEPTION

LEARN.COURSE_USERS.DUE_DATE_EXCEPTION

 Blackboard Learn Ultra user due date exception. Null: no due date exception, <=0: unlimited due date exception, >0: limited due date exception with a specified duration in seconds.
2022-05-31 Added Enrollment Time
CDM_LMS.PERSON_COURSE.ENROLLMENT_TIME

LEARN.COURSE_USERS.ENROLLMENT_DATE

Date and time of course enrollment.
2022-05-31 Added Time Limit Exception
CDM_LMS.PERSON_COURSE.TIME_LIMIT_EXCEPTION

LEARN.COURSE_USERS.TIME_LIMIT_EXCEPTION

Blackboard Learn Ultra user time limit exception. NULL: no set time limit exception, 0: time limit exception set to unlimited time limit, 150: time limit exception set to 1.5 times time limit, 200: time limit exception set to 2 times time limit.

Data Tier - Canonical Data Model changes as of 7 January 2022

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 07 January 2022

Removed features, CDM Changes

 

Blackboard Learn SaaS CD Releases
Date (YYY-MM-DD) Status Entry Source Description
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING   Baseline reporting submodel (database schema) used for the legacy BRS
"Learning Tools Activity and Use" report.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.
COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR		  

Table with basic aggregations for report COURSE - TOOL activity. Granularity is on the login level. (https://data.blackboard.com/dictionary/entries/entry/BBD_REPORTING-COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR)

We published the query used for calculated measures in this table, which is available to clients in the Blackboard Data Queries GitHub.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.TOOL_ID CDM_LMS.COURSE_TOOL.ID Foreign key that references the primary key of the CDM_LMS.COURSE_TOOL table.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.PERSON_COURSE_ID CDM_LMS.COURSE.ID Foreign key that references the primary key of the CDM_LMS.COURSE table.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.TOOL_ID CDM_LMS.TOOL.ID Foreign key that references the primary key of the CDM_LMS.TOOL table.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.PERSON_ID CDM_LMS.PERSON.ID Foreign key that references the primary key of the CDM_LMS.PERSON table.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.PERSON_COURSE_ID CDM_LMS.PERSON_COURSE.ID Foreign key that references the primary key of the CDM_LMS.PERSON_COURSE table.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.ACTIVITY_TIME CDM_LMS.ACTIVITY.ACCESSED_TIME Date and time an activity was performed on the course tool.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.COURSE_NAME CDM_LMS.COURSE.NAME Name of the course.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.TOOL_NAME CDM_LMS.TOOL.NAME Name of the tool.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.PERSON_COURSE_ROLE CDM_LMS.PERSON_COURSE.COURSE_ROLE_SOURCE_DESC Name of the role of a person in the course.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.COURSE_AVAILABLE_IND CDM_LMS.COURSE.AVAILABLE_IND Shows if the course is available.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.TOOL_AVAILABLE_IND CDM_LMS.COURSE_TOOL.AVAILABLE_IND Shows if the tool is available in the course.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.PERSON_AVAILABLE_IND CDM_LMS.PERSON.AVAILABLE_IND Shows if the tool is available in the course.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.ACTIVITY_DURATION_SUM CDM_LMS.ACTIVITY.DURATION_SUM Length of time a person spent in the course in seconds.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.COURSE_SOURCE_ID CDM_LMS.COURSE_TOOL.COURSE_SOURCE_ID Primary key of the course.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.TOOL_SOURCE_ID CDM_LMS.COURSE_TOOL.TOOL_SOURCE_ID Primary key of the source system.
2022-01-07 Removed BBD_REPORTING.COURSE_TOOL_ACTIVITY_HOUR.ROW_OVERWRITTEN_TIME CDM_LMS.COURSE_TOOL.TOOL_SOURCE_ID Date and time the record was overwritten in the table.