After installing the WebAssign
building block, ensure that Blackboard® user
roles are correctly associated with WebAssign user
roles.
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Sign in to Blackboard as a system administrator.
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Navigate to the list of installed building blocks.
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Open the administrator
panel.
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Under Building Blocks, click Building
Blocks.
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Click Installed Tools.
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Click WebAssign building block and
select Settings.
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On the Configure page, click Operational
Settings.
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On the Map Course Roles page, select the WebAssign role that corresponds to each listed Blackboard role.
- Instructor grants the Blackboard role access to the WebAssign system as an instructor.
- Student grants the Blackboard role access to the WebAssign system as a student.
- No Access prevents the Blackboard role from accessing the WebAssign system.
Important: Blackboard user roles must be mapped to either instructor or
student roles in WebAssign. User data is not synced correctly with WebAssign
if the Blackboard roles are not correctly mapped.
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Click Submit.
The correspondence between Blackboard
and WebAssign
user roles is updated.