{"id":"830b3ed5-768e-4764-9de9-b883c859068a","task":"Authenticate to Blackboard Learn and retrieve a list of courses and memberships via the REST API","domain":"developer.blackboard.com","steps":["Register your application in the Blackboard Developer Portal to obtain a client_id and client_secret","Request an OAuth 2.0 access token from the Learn instance's /learn/api/public/v1/oauth2/token endpoint using the client_credentials grant","GET /learn/api/public/v3/courses to retrieve the course list; use offset and limit query parameters for pagination","To access memberships, GET /learn/api/public/v1/courses/:courseId/users for each course, which returns enrolled users and their roles","Check the availability.available field on each course to distinguish active from archived or disabled courses","Handle 403 responses indicating the application's entitlements do not cover the requested data scope; update entitlements in the developer portal"],"gotchas":["Blackboard REST API entitlements are configured per-application in the developer portal and must be explicitly granted by the institution's Blackboard administrator before calls succeed","The v1 and v3 course endpoints return different field sets; v3 is preferred for current integrations but verify which version your target institution's Learn deployment supports","Rate limiting on Blackboard Learn REST is enforced per application per institution; aggressive polling can trigger throttling that affects all integrations sharing the same application registration"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T07:22:33.576Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/830b3ed5-768e-4764-9de9-b883c859068a"}