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.