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Assessment Events

Blackboard Learn’s Caliper Analytics stream has two event types dedicated to assessments:

These events work hand-in-hand. An AssessmentEvent is fired whenever a student starts or submits a test, and the AssessmentItemEvent is fired whenever a student starts or submits a question on an assessment.

Here is some of the key data that is associated with these events:

AssessmentEvent

group.courseNumber - the course batch_uid (i.e. the ID sent in by LIS or Data Integration)

object.@id - …/assessments/id - the primary key for the assessment ID

action - Started, Completed

AssessmentItemEvent

group.courseNumber - the course batch_uid (i.e. the ID sent in by LIS or Data Integration)

object.@id - …/questions/id - the primary key for the question ID

object.ispartOf.@id …/assessments/id - the primary key for the assessment this questions is a part of

action - Started, Submitted

Sample Payloads

  1. AssessmentEvent
  2. AssessmentItemEvent

1. AssessmentEvent

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      "type": "AssessmentEvent",
      "id": "54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c",
      "actor": {
        "id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/users/a361d45a65564777b98460834687183f",
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          "bb:user.externalId": "54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c"
        }
      },
      "action": "Started",
      "object": {
        "dateToSubmit": "2021-01-12T06:59:00.000Z",
        "maxAttempts": 0,
        "maxSubmits": 0,
        "maxScore": 150,
        "id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/assessments/_12345_1",
        "type": "Assessment",
        "name": "My Test",
        "extensions": {
          "bb:assessment.categoryId": "_12345_1",
          "bb:assessment.categoryName": "Assignment",
          "bb:contentId": "_12345_1",
          "bb:assessment.gradeableItemId": "_12345_1",
          "bb:assessment.catUserDefined": "false"
        },
        "creators": [],
        "learningObjectives": [],
        "keywords": [],
        "items": []
      },
      "generated": {
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        "type": "Attempt",
        "assignable": {
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          "maxAttempts": 0,
          "maxSubmits": 0,
          "maxScore": 150,
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          "name": "My Test",
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            "bb:assessment.categoryName": "Assignment",
            "bb:contentId": "_12345_1",
            "bb:assessment.gradeableItemId": "_12345_1",
            "bb:assessment.catUserDefined": "false"
          },
          "creators": [],
          "learningObjectives": [],
          "keywords": [],
          "items": []
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        "members": [],
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          "type": "CourseOffering",
          "extensions": {
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          "members": [],
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        },
        "roles": ["Learner"],
        "status": "Active"
      },
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      "extensions": {}
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AssessmentItemEvent

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      "id": "54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c",
      "actor": {
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      },
      "action": "Started",
      "object": {
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        "maxSubmits": 0,
        "maxScore": 0,
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        "type": "AssessmentItem",
        "creators": [],
        "learningObjectives": [],
        "keywords": [],
        "isPartOf": {
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          "maxAttempts": 1,
          "maxSubmits": 0,
          "maxScore": 300,
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          "extensions": {
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            "bb:assessment.gradeableItemId": "_12345_1"
          },
          "creators": [],
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      },
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