Boston University

Blackboard Learn REST API (BU tenant)

Boston University's learning management system is Blackboard Learn, running on the vendor's infrastructure behind a bu.edu hostname. The Learn public REST API responds at /learn/api/public/v1/ — the unauthenticated system version endpoint returns Learn 4000.21.0 build rel.28+435d029 — while data endpoints such as /courses return HTTP 401. The contract is Blackboard's; only the tenancy is Boston University's, so no Blackboard specification is saved under this institution's slug.

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: boston:blackboard-learn
name: Blackboard Learn REST API (BU tenant)
x-operator: tenant
x-vendor: Anthology / Blackboard
x-vendor-evidence: learn.bu.edu is a CNAME to bu.blackboard.com and on to learn.5deff46c33361.use1.prod-02.core.blackboard.com.
description: Boston University's learning management system is Blackboard Learn, running on the vendor's
  infrastructure behind a bu.edu hostname. The Learn public REST API responds at /learn/api/public/v1/
  — the unauthenticated system version endpoint returns Learn 4000.21.0 build rel.28+435d029 — while data
  endpoints such as /courses return HTTP 401. The contract is Blackboard's; only the tenancy is Boston
  University's, so no Blackboard specification is saved under this institution's slug.
humanURL: https://learn.bu.edu/
baseURL: https://learn.bu.edu/learn/api/public/v1
x-baseurl-probe:
  status: 400
  note: The API base itself carries no resource and returns 400, which is normal. The live child verified
    on 2026-08-30 is /system/version (HTTP 200); /courses returns 401. Recorded so a pointer-liveness
    pass does not read this base as dead.
tags:
- Learning Management
- Blackboard
- Education Technology
- Teaching
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.bu.edu/tech/support/