# Blackboard Learn — University of Otago tenancy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-otago/blackboard-learn/  
**Provider:** University of Otago — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-otago/  
**Base URL:** https://blackboard.otago.ac.nz/learn/api/public/v1  
**Documentation:** https://blackboard.otago.ac.nz/

Blackboard Learn — University of Otago tenancy is one of 5 APIs that [University of Otago](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-otago/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Learning Management, Blackboard, Anthology, Tenant, and Gated. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and authentication docs.

The University's learning management system runs on Anthology Blackboard Learn at blackboard.otago.ac.nz, which CNAMEs to otago.blackboard.com and on to AWS ap-southeast-2. The tenancy, roster and course content are Otago's; the API contract is Blackboard's. Newly recorded in the 2026-08-30 run — the June profile did not find it. Probed 2026-08-30: /learn/api/public/v1/system/version answers keyless with {"learn":{"major":4000,"minor":21,"patch":0,"build":"rel.28+435d029"}}, and every data-bearing endpoint returns HTTP 401 with {"status":401,"message":"API request is not authenticated."} — confirmed on /learn/api/public/v1/courses, /learn/api/public/v1/dataSources and /learn/api/public/v3/courses. A 401 rather than a 404 is the evidence the API exists and is gated. The baseURL below records the API base, not a callable document: a bare GET to /learn/api/public/v1 returns 400, as Blackboard does on every deployment. Credentials are REST application keys are issued only by Otago administrators. NO LTI CONFORMANCE IS CLAIMED: /.well-known/openid-configuration returns HTTP 200 but its body is Blackboard's login.jsp HTML page, a soft-200 rather than an OIDC discovery document. Blackboard's contract is not stored here.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.anthology.com/portal/displayApi
- **BaseURL** — https://blackboard.otago.ac.nz/learn/api/public/v1
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-otago/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-otago-blackboard-version-response.json
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-otago/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-otago-authentication.yml

## Other University of Otago APIs (4)

- [Artificial Intelligence at Otago — WordPress REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-otago/ai-site-wp-rest/)
- [OUR Archive OAI-PMH Metadata — Ex Libris Esploro tenancy](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-otago/our-archive-oai/)
- [University of Otago Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth) — Tuakiri Hosted Login](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-otago/tuakiri-idp/)
- [Otago Scholarly Identifier Registrations (DataCite + Crossref)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-otago/scholarly-identifiers/)

## Tags

Learning Management, Blackboard, Anthology, Tenant, Gated, Education

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-otago/blackboard-learn/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/university-of-otago/.