Course Group Events
Blackboard Learn’s Caliper Analytics stream emits a CourseGroupEvent whenever an instructor creates, updates, or deletes a group in a course.
Here is some of the key data that is associated with these events:
CourseGroupEvent
extensions - contains bb:group.users with list of course membership ids in the group
action - Created or Modified or Deleted
Sample Payload
Here is a sample of what a payload might look like:
{
"sensor": "54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c",
"sendTime": "2021-01-05T09:37:13.827Z",
"dataVersion": "http://purl.imsglobal.org/ctx/caliper/v1p1",
"data": [
{
"@context": [
"http://caliper.blackboard.com/ctx/caliper/v1/Context",
"http://purl.imsglobal.org/ctx/caliper/v1p1"
],
"type": "http://caliper.blackboard.com/caliper/v1/CourseGroupEvent",
"id": "54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c",
"actor": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/users/a1165a247b9044dc9730620872d11788",
"type": "Person",
"extensions": {
"bb:user.id": "_12345_1",
"bb:user.externalId": "54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c"
}
},
"action": "Created",
"object": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/courses/a3fe89604fc6437ea381979569cd6d81/groups/_12345_1",
"type": "Group",
"extensions": {
"bb:group.name": "Team 2"
},
"subOrganizationOf": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/courses/a3fe89604fc6437ea381979569cd6d81",
"type": "CourseOffering",
"extensions": {
"bb:course.id": "_12345_1"
},
"members": [],
"courseNumber": "BIO-101"
},
"members": []
},
"eventTime": "2021-01-05T09:37:09.585Z",
"edApp": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/applications/learn",
"type": "SoftwareApplication"
},
"group": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/courses/a3fe89604fc6437ea381979569cd6d81/groups/_12345_1",
"type": "Group",
"extensions": {
"bb:group.name": "Team 2"
},
"subOrganizationOf": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/courses/a3fe89604fc6437ea381979569cd6d81",
"type": "CourseOffering",
"extensions": {
"bb:course.id": "_12345_1"
},
"members": [],
"courseNumber": "BIO-101"
},
"members": []
},
"membership": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/courses/a3fe89604fc6437ea381979569cd6d81/members/a1165a247b9044dc9730620872d11788",
"type": "Membership",
"extensions": {
"bb:course.id": "_12345_1",
"bb:course.externalId": "BIO-101",
"bb:user.id": "_12345_1",
"bb:user.externalId": "54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c"
},
"member": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/users/a1165a247b9044dc9730620872d11788",
"type": "Person",
"extensions": {
"bb:user.id": "_12345_1",
"bb:user.externalId": "54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c"
}
},
"organization": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/courses/a3fe89604fc6437ea381979569cd6d81",
"type": "CourseOffering",
"extensions": {
"bb:course.id": "_12345_1"
},
"members": [],
"courseNumber": "BIO-101"
},
"roles": [],
"status": "Active"
},
"federatedSession": {
"startedAtTime": "2021-01-05T09:37:09.585Z",
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/sessions/10497B7377117FFD7B5FD7D3EE58227E",
"type": "LtiSession",
"name": "10497B7377117FFD7B5FD7D3EE58227E",
"dateCreated": "2021-01-05T09:37:09.585Z",
"user": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/users/a1165a247b9044dc9730620872d11788",
"type": "Person",
"extensions": {
"bb:user.id": "_12345_1",
"bb:user.externalId": "54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c"
}
}
},
"extensions": {},
"session": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/54b54b42-dd02-42f8-88ed-07bd719bfb7c/sessions/10497B7377117FFD7B5FD7D3EE58227E",
"type": "Session"
}
}
]
}