Installation manual

New Features and Enhancements Community Engagement

Release Notes for Release 9.1 Service Pack 3 (9.1.30151.0) Page 8

Community Engagement

Modules

Users can browse and search for modules to add to their My Institution Page and Notifications

Dashboard.

Partner Integration

NOOKstudy e-Textbook Reader Building Block

Barnes & Noble’s new NOOKstudy e-textbook reader can be integrated into Blackboard Learn

using a Building Block. Instructors can list assigned textbooks from the Barnes & Noble Catalog.

Students can access e-textbooks through courses and use NOOKstudy to read, markup, add

notes, and so on. This Building Block enables e-commerce for institutions through BN.com or the

campus bookstore so that instructors and students can purchase and distribute eTextbooks from

within Blackboard.

The Building Block is available for North American Higher Ed clients who hold enterprise licenses.

After installation, the Building Block is “Unavailable” by default. Once the Barnes & Noble

NOOKstudy Blackboard Building Block is installed and made Available, you need to activate the

Building Block using the administration page by requesting a license key from Barnes & Noble.

Barnes & Noble needs to receive your request as there are behind-the-scenes ecommerce

configurations that must be made before the Building Block can be properly used. After you

accept the software agreement, receive and enter your license key, you can make the building

block available to all courses.

More information on installing and configuring this Build Block is available in their

installation

manual.