Banner integrates with Blackboard Panopto and MS Teams

Banner Integration Partner Flags

Information about Curriculum Modules

When enabled, an Integration Partner Flag creates a link between a Curriculum Module in Banner and one of the following Teaching and Learning products:

  • Blackboard – creates a Course 
  • Panopto – creates a Folder 
  • Microsoft Teams - creates a Team with the Class template

Changes that are made in Banner, such as student enrolments, will update the corresponding course, folder, or team in the different products. 

Please consider the following conditions: 

  • If the flag is added to a module, the interface will create a corresponding Course/Folder/Team for each module section. 
  • If an end term is specified in Banner, the integration will cease updating once the end term is reached. 
  • If the Integration Partner Flag is disabled, the integration will cease updating the module name and enrolments in integrated systems.  It will not remove a Course/Folder/Team.

The integration will create Courses/Folders/Teams before the start of the academic year between July and August depending on when your departments modules have been signed off with the Curriculum Data Team.  Modules that are created in Banner after the start of term will be created within 24 hours in integrated systems. 

about the integrations

Blackboard Learn

Blackboard Curriculum courses are created within 24hrs of the Integration Partner Flag being enabled in Banner and students will be enrolled automatically.  Courses are created without any content and are unavailable to students until staff enable their access.  

Creating a Blackboard Curriculum course for a Banner module

Modules will need to have the Integration Partner Flag enabled in Banner for a corresponding course to be created in Blackboard.   
To register modules for Teaching and Learning Integrations please see the Module Registration Management page

Making your Blackboard Curriculum course available to students 

Blackboard Curriculum courses are created as unavailable by default, and it will need to be made available for students to participate in it. Unavailable courses are hidden from students, but enrolled staff will still be able to access the course as normal and edit content and staff enrolments. The availability of a Blackboard course can be altered to suit the teaching delivery needs. Instructions on how to make Blackboard courses available can be found on our Blackboard Courses help page

How module changes in Banner affect a Blackboard Curriculum course 

  • If the module name is changed in Banner this will be reflected in Blackboard.
  • If changes are made that require a new CRN or a change to the term for a module in Banner, this requires the existing module in Banner to be deleted and recreated.  This will result in a new course with the new CRN/term details being created in Blackboard.

Enrolments and access 

For Blackboard Curriculum courses, students will be enrolled based on the information held in Banner (the Imperial College student record system).  

  • Students who are taking the module for credit will be enrolled as Students 
  • Students who are taking the module not for credit will be enrolled as Auditors

Enrolments will be created in Blackboard within 24 hours of a user being associated with the module in Banner.  
 
Dropping or deleting a student's module registration in Banner will disable the Blackboard course enrolment. This will hide the course from the student and they will no longer appear in the list of enrolled users or appear in the Grade Centre. 

Students on Interruption of Studies in Banner will have their module registrations in Blackboard disabled.  They will no longer appear in the list of enrolled users or appear in the Grade Centre.
 
Please note that Module Leaders registered in Banner will not be automatically enrolled onto a Blackboard Curriculum course. Staff can be enrolled manually by Faculty Ed-Tech Labs.

Missing enrolments/registrations


Any issues with student enrolments in Blackboard should first be checked in Banner with Faculty/Departmental administrators or by contacting the Student Records Team to ensure they are correct.
 
If you feel a student enrolment is missing from Blackboard and should have been created by Banner please do not add the student to the course user list in Blackboard manually.  Manually adding a student to a Curriculum course in Blackboard can negatively impact the ability of Banner to manage the enrolment in the future.  Staff should first check the student registration on the module in Banner with Registry before logging any issues with missing enrolments with the ICT Service Desk.

Managing cross listed modules in Blackboard 

To create cross listed modules in Blackboard, ensure that integration partner flag for each of the child modules in enabled in Banner.

If modules in Banner have been set up for cross listing, the modules are assigned a two letter cross list code.  

Cross listed courses in Blackboard will appear to staff with all the module ID’s of associated modules in the course title e.g. CIVE70012/97095 - Prestressed Concrete - (Autumn 2022-2023) 

Cross listed courses in Blackboard will appear to students as the individual module code and title that they are registered to in Banner. 
The cross listed course in Blackboard with multiple course ID’s in the title is known as the Parent course. Parent courses contain all the content you will be delivering to your students. Courses for each of the individual modules will still exist in Blackboard however once cross listed they will re-direct students to the content contained in the Parent course. 

Your Faculty Ed-tech Lab may require that a template is applied to the child modules, please contact them for further guidance. Once ready, your Ed-Tech Lab will request ICT arrange for the child modules to be cross listed with the parent course in Blackboard. 

Rollover process for Blackboard courses 

Blackboard courses and their content can be rolled over onto the subsequent academic years course, providing that the relevant integration partner flags are enabled in Banner. 

Please contact your Faculty Ed Tech Lab for further guidance on this process.