Basic Data Reporting with Blackboard

The built in reporting tools available for Blackboard are somewhat limited. To answer specific reporting questions, you may need to run custom SQL queries against the database. What follows are a few rough examples of such queries. All of the below examples are intended to outline the interactions you might need to answer specific reporting [...]

The power of aggregated attention data

Feed readership represents a significant disconnect between traffic data and actual content consumption. Aggregated attention data is going to play a big role in bridging that gap. Brent Simmons recently noted this gem from Nick Bradbury: “…future releases of FeedDemon, NetNewsWire and NewsGator Inbox are all planning to support APML.” This is a logical next [...]