Blog Events
Learn’s Caliper Analytics stream emits a BlogEvent whenever a student submits a blog entry in an original experience course. Here is some of the key data that is associated with these events:
BlogEvent
object.id - the primary key for the Blog
action - Created, Modified, Commented
extensions - contains a tag called bb:user.externalId with the batch_uid for the user
Sample Payload
Here is a sample of what an event payload might look like:
{
"sensor": "530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c",
"sendTime": "2021-01-05T16:55:05.235Z",
"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/BlogEvent",
"id": "a6fa63b8-9db7-44f8-aff8-63b94b952ead",
"actor": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/users/9c60a9cdb3144d1aa77ff56c34ef248b",
"type": "Person",
"extensions": {
"bb:user.id": "_227_1",
"bb:user.externalId": "scott.hurrey@myschool.edu"
}
},
"action": "Created",
"object": {
"@context": [
"http://caliper.blackboard.com/ctx/caliper/v1/Context",
"http://purl.imsglobal.org/ctx/caliper/v1p1"
],
"type": "http://caliper.blackboard.com/caliper/v1/Blog",
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/blog/_39_1",
"name": "Test Blog",
"description": "",
"blogType": "INDIVIDUAL",
"journal": false,
"pointsPossible": 100,
"extensions": {}
},
"generated": {
"@context": [
"http://caliper.blackboard.com/ctx/caliper/v1/Context",
"http://purl.imsglobal.org/ctx/caliper/v1p1"
],
"type": "http://caliper.blackboard.com/caliper/v1/BlogPost",
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/blog/_39_1/post/_40_1",
"name": "",
"description": "",
"anonymous": false,
"attachedFilesCount": 0,
"length": 51,
"extensions": {}
},
"eventTime": "2021-01-05T16:55:03.225Z",
"edApp": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/applications/learn",
"type": "SoftwareApplication"
},
"membership": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/courses/e9c09e39c7844ae3b2ed677ac4fd90d7/members/9c60a9cdb3144d1aa77ff56c34ef248b",
"type": "Membership",
"extensions": {
"bb:course.id": "_124_1",
"bb:course.externalId": "og-101",
"bb:user.id": "_227_1",
"bb:user.externalId": "scott.hurrey@myschool.edu"
},
"member": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/users/9c60a9cdb3144d1aa77ff56c34ef248b",
"type": "Person",
"extensions": {
"bb:user.id": "_227_1",
"bb:user.externalId": "scott.hurrey@myschool.edu"
}
},
"organization": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/courses/e9c09e39c7844ae3b2ed677ac4fd90d7",
"type": "CourseOffering",
"extensions": {
"bb:course.id": "_124_1"
},
"members": [],
"courseNumber": "og-101"
},
"roles": ["Learner"],
"status": "Active"
},
"federatedSession": {
"startedAtTime": "2021-01-05T16:55:03.225Z",
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/sessions/5118E091FCBDF29709BBD9D6F6758679",
"type": "LtiSession",
"name": "5118E091FCBDF29709BBD9D6F6758679",
"dateCreated": "2021-01-05T16:55:03.225Z",
"user": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/users/9c60a9cdb3144d1aa77ff56c34ef248b",
"type": "Person",
"extensions": {
"bb:user.id": "_227_1",
"bb:user.externalId": "scott.hurrey@myschool.edu"
}
}
},
"extensions": {},
"session": {
"id": "https://caliper-mapping.cloudbb.blackboard.com/v1/sites/530efc49-6b9f-40a6-918b-966ee83a744c/sessions/5118E091FCBDF29709BBD9D6F6758679",
"type": "Session"
}
}
]
}