Imperial College London

Imperial Blackboard Learn REST API

Imperial runs a second LMS alongside Canvas. Its Blackboard Learn REST API is reachable at https://bb.imperial.ac.uk/learn/api/public/v1/; the version endpoint answers 200 without authentication and reports Learn 4000.21.0 (rel.22+baf1ac0). Everything of substance — /courses, /lti/domains — answers 401 "API request is not authenticated." Recorded because it is a live, versioned, institution-hostnamed API surface, not because Imperial authored any part of it.

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APIReference
https://bb.imperial.ac.uk/learn/api/public/v1/system/version

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Website
https://bb.imperial.ac.uk/

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: imperial-college-london:blackboard-learn-rest
name: Imperial Blackboard Learn REST API
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-evidence: bb.imperial.ac.uk is a CNAME to imperialcollege.blackboard.com. The platform is Blackboard
  Learn, operated by Anthology.
description: Imperial runs a second LMS alongside Canvas. Its Blackboard Learn REST API is reachable at
  https://bb.imperial.ac.uk/learn/api/public/v1/; the version endpoint answers 200 without authentication
  and reports Learn 4000.21.0 (rel.22+baf1ac0). Everything of substance — /courses, /lti/domains — answers
  401 "API request is not authenticated." Recorded because it is a live, versioned, institution-hostnamed
  API surface, not because Imperial authored any part of it.
humanURL: https://bb.imperial.ac.uk/
baseURL: https://bb.imperial.ac.uk/learn/api/public/v1
tags:
- Learning Management
- Education Technology
- Blackboard
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://bb.imperial.ac.uk/learn/api/public/v1/system/version
- type: Website
  url: https://bb.imperial.ac.uk/