Blackboard Learn Goals XML Generator version 2.0 (August 2016)

This form generates XML files that can be imported into Blackboard Learn for use with Goals, based on the documentation at help.blackboard.com, and assumes that you know something about Goals, Benchmarks, Standards, etc.

Notes:

• You can export goals using the goal exporter B2 from http://projects.oscelot.org/gf/project/goalexporter/.
• I find http://www.convertcsv.com/xml-to-csv.htm useful for converting XML goal items into delimited text.
• One standard CATEGORY per import file. I recommend using Excel to organize and generate the item data.
• The original version of this page (with a different schema) is at http://ftc1.uark.edu/~cbray/goals.

Example Files:

• goalsV2-example.xlsx
• goalsV2-example.xml

August 2016 Updates:

• the XML now generates a file that will be in the SYSTEM Source list. The ORGANIZATION input is ignored.
• This includes an updated Schema, where the top level (Goal Set) will be a department, and the Category could be a Course or Degree (Bachelor / Graduate)
• All goals will have the same Document Set Type Name (ex: College Name) and Document Set Type ID (ex: College Code)
• All goals will have the same Subject/Goal Set Name (ex: Department Name) and Goal Set Code (ex: Department Code)
• All goals will have the same Category Name and ID (example: Course ID)
• Do not include the Goal ID prefix for the Goal Text. This will be automatically added by the script.

Document Data

• Year of Publication (YYYY):
• Grade Range (2 digits): low: , high:
• Grade Range Code/Name: Code (no spaces): , Name:

• Document ID (Max. of 37 characters, no Spaces) (Ex: College-DEPT):
• Document Provider (2 characters):
• Document Set Type ID (ex: College Code):
• Document Set Type Name (ex: College Name):

Goal Set Information

• Goat Set Code (5 characters max) (ex: Department Code):
• Goal Set Name (ex: Department Name):

• Category Name (example: Course ID):

  

Goal (Item) Information

Format: one benchmark per line, TAB delimited (copy/paste from Excel), in the following order:

• Item UID (Unique ID, no more than 257 characters. This will become the 'parent_uid' for any child items.)
• Item's Parent UID (Unique ID, no more than 257 characters. Leave blank if no parent goal exists.)
• Goal Type
• Goal Text: ('GOAL TEXT' and 'CHILD GOAL TEXT' in the image above.) Note: The Goal order is sorted alphabetically by this. Because of that, this script will prefix the Goal Text with the Goal ID.'

Item/Goal ID Parent UID Goal Type Goal Text ARSC-GEOS-3543-CLO-01-00 CLO Module 1 ARSC-GEOS-3543-CLO-01-01 ARSC-GEOS-3543-CLO-01-00 CLO M01 - Define geographic information science ARSC-GEOS-3553-CLO-01-00 CLO Unit 01 - Upon successful completion of this lesson, you will be able to: