How do I enable Institutional Hierarchy in Blackboard Learn Ultra?
Institutional Hierarchy is a hierarchy management interface that allows you to create groups to organize your institution's multiple schools, departments, academic programs, and courses.
Open Blackboard System Admin
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To enable the Institutional Hierarchy, you need to be within an admin account on Blackboard.
Within Blackboard, navigate to and click the Admin link.
Open System Roles
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Scroll and navigate to Users.
Click the System Roles link.
Manage Privileges
Search for keyword 'Institutional Hierarchy' [1].
Select the checkbox for Administrator Panel (Communities) > Institutional Hierarchy [2] and Administrator Panel (Communities) > Institutional Hierarchy > Add users to node [3] privileges.
Hover over Privileges [1] and select Permit Privileges [2].
Open Users
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Navigate to Administrator Panel. Click the Users link.
Search Users
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Add the new Institutional Hierarchy to the user.
Note: The user is the same as the Rest API Integration.