A command line tool for downloading Blackboard course directories.
How to find your session ID: 1. Open Google Chrome and log into Blackboard with your credentials.
2. Go to blackboard.SCHOOL-NAME.edu/learn/api/public/v1/courses Replace SCHOOL-NAME with your college or university's domain name. The link will take you to a page that looks like this:
3. Click Ctrl + Shift + I on your keyboard or left click and select Inspect This will open Chrome DevTools:
4. Select Network from the Chrome DevTools menu.
5. Hit Ctrl + R on your keyboard. The following list will pop up:
6. Select the Courses item and copy s_session_id from Request Headers Copy the string of letters/numbers highlighted in light blue down below, but from your own page.
7. Save s_session_id to a secure location. You will need it to run the program. How to find your course ID and content ID: 1. Navigate to your course's Assignments folder, or wherever you want to download content from. 2. Look at the URL. For example, mine is: https://blackboard.cpcc.edu/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_946598_1&content_id=_11250540_1&mode=reset
3. Copy course_id and content_id: course_id=_946598_1&content_id=_11250540_1
_946598_1 _11250540_1
4. Save these numbers to a secure location. You will need them to run the program. 
