Hi Folks,
I've previously worked with Moodle so BB is pretty new to me. With moodle I was able to add a folder to the moodle site which we called remotely to add a search module. This search module pointed back to our product and allowed users to add favorite links from our product to moodle on a course by course basis. I've been working now for a few weeks to replicate this functionality in BB but I've been pretty unsuccessful at it.. :(
Can someone please tell me if this is possible:
1. Add a module to a courses main page using just the API... I can enable/disable this via code but I don't see how to add the module purely via code.
2. This new module performs a search i.e. returns a list of results with a button "Add to Favorites".
3. I would like add this selected links to a new module "via API" - lets all it "My Favorite Links" -
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MY Favorite Links Module
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Link1 Link2Link3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Any suggestions or pointers would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Brendan
Add a module via the API registering the module in your bb-manifest.xml. Once the b2 is deployed simply enable the module to be used within a course from the system admin panel. All extension points for where your custom code hooks into Blackboard will be defined within the bb-manifest.xml.
<!-- Modules, types, and channels for the portal --><module-defs><module-type ext-ref="exmp-module" title="Example Plug-inModule Type" uicreatable="true"><jsp-dir>module</jsp-dir><jsp><view>view.jsp</view><edit>edit.jsp</edit><admin>admin.jsp</admin></jsp></module-type></module-defs>