sFTP File Transfers

sFTP File Transfers are our recommended method of transferring data.

This data transfer method allows institutions to send large data sets to the platform by saving .CSV "flat" files containing data for Accounts and Courses into a Blackboard Institutional Effectiveness hosted directory via a sFTP connection.  Evaluate will use Accounts and Course data. The institution must provide the data in the file format indicated by Blackboard Institutional Effectiveness along with a manifest file (.done file) which indicates to the platform that the data file is complete and ready to be imported. Once the data and manifest files are saved to the directory, the platform processes the file and incorporates the information into its data set. Any errors are displayed via a web interface accessible by the Campus Data Manager.