Site Administrators can download and import custom apps to their website. Once imported, administrators manage who has privileges to use the app.
Import apps
After you download the app you want, import it.
- From Site Manager, select CONFIGURE.
- Select Apps.
- Select Custom Apps.
- Select Import App and browse for the app ZIP file to import.
- After the app appears in the list of apps, select INACTIVE to make the app active and available for use.
After importing the app, you can import it again. Find the app in the list and select More.
Sharing rights for custom apps
By default, all editors can use the imported apps. To limit who can use them, assign sharing rights.
- From Site Manager select CONFIGURE.
- Select Apps and select Custom Apps.
- Find the app you want and select More.
- Select Rights.
- Select Assign Group or Assign User.
- Select the groups or users you want to assign.
- Type all or part of the group or user name.
- Select Search.
- Select the group or user you want.
- Repeat until you assign all groups or users.
- Select I'm Done.
Custom apps available for download
Choose the app you want and download the zip file to import.
| App | Description | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Board Policies | The Board Policies app is a responsive and accessible that displays a listing of school board polices and the information for the policies. The app groups the board policies within the relative board series, and includes options for viewing policies by year, searching through the polices, and more. This app requires a fee to use. Please contact our sales team for more information on purchasing this app. | Please contact our sales team to purchase the app. |
| Content Accordion | The Content Accordion is a responsive and accessible app that displays articles in a condensed way. This functionality is highly sought after for managing and organizing a high volume of articles and data. Each article has a title and detail that allows a user to input a wide range of content. On the front-end website, a user can select a single article to expand or collapse the article detail. A user can also choose to expand or collapse all article details at once. The Content Accordion uses WCM's tagging feature. This is perfect for districts that like to manage content from one app and then share and filter specific records across subsites. Subscribe to app updates. | |
| Davis Demographics SchoolSite Locator | Help your visitors find their school. With the Davis Demographics SchoolSite Locator app visitors enter their address and view the school boundaries for their district. This helps them determine the school boundaries they live in, and which school their students would attend. Subscribe to app updates. | |
| Figure | The Figure app is a responsive and accessible app that displays a textbook figure, with an image and a caption below. The app provides options for having the image be Left, Center, or Right aligned, as well as having the caption be Left, Center, or Right aligned. The app also allows for having a 1, 2 or 3 pixel border around the image. Subscribe to app updates. | |
| Google Folder | The Google Folder App allows you to share a Google Drive™ folder on your Blackboard Web Community Manager pages. This app is updated by the Product Management team. | |
| Multimedia Gallery | The Multimedia Gallery app is a responsive media gallery that displays images and embedded videos on any device and provides top-notch accessibility for all users. It allows for any size image to be uploaded, so no more strict image dimensions for a gallery. The gallery will assume the width of the container it is placed in and the height will scale proportionally for each image as the gallery transitions from one slide to another. Subscribe to app updates. | |
| Peachjar eflyers | Blackboard has partnered with Peachjar to provide your district with a way to further reduce paper and streamline communication with the Blackboard Web Community Manager Peachjar App. This app provides information for districts and schools who have an agreement in place with Peachjar to post and send district-approved flyers to parents. Subscribe to app updates. | |
| Tabbed Content | The Tabbed Content app is a responsive and accessible app that displays articles in a condensed way. This functionality is highly sought after for managing and organizing a high volume of articles and data. Each article and accordion has a title and detail that offers a WYSIWYG editor that allows a user to input a wide range of content. You can click the tab header to expand or close the article's detail. When the app's width falls below 480 pixel, it displays in an accordion view and displays the content vertically. When in accordion view, you can use the Expand All or Collapse All to expand or collapse all the accordions at the same time. Subscribe to app updates. | |
| TeacherLists student supply lists | TeacherLists makes it easy to manage, find and share school supply lists. With the Blackboard Web Community Manager School Supply Lists custom app, teachers and other school personnel can display their TeacherLists Student Supply Lists lists on their webpages. They can also upload new lists to TeacherLists.com using the app. Subscribe to app updates. |
