create a custom grade schema for a Blackboard Learn course via the Grades Journey v2 REST interface
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Steps
Register a REST API application in the Anthology Developer Portal and obtain OAuth2 client credentials
Authenticate using the same OAuth2 flow used for the core Learn REST API
POST a schema definition to the gradeSchemasAPI endpoint with a title and a symbols string encoding grade bands (e.g. P=80:F=0)
Optionally set optionalData such as a SIS schema identifier for downstream reconciliation
Confirm creation by checking the returned courseId, name, and status fields in the response
Known gotchas
Grades Journey v2 (gradeSchemasAPI, gradableItemsAPI) is a separate SIS-integration REST surface from the core Learn gradebook REST API used to submit a single attempt's grade
The symbols field uses a specific compact string syntax for grade bands; malformed syntax is rejected without granular field-level error messages
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