• You may install the plugin by following these steps.

Steps for Integration of Joomla Single Sign-On (SSO) with Blackboard as Service Provider

1. Configure Blackboard as the Service Provider (SP)

• Login to your Blackboard site as Admin.
• Navigate to System Admin and click on Authentication.
• Select Create Provider, click on SAML and then enter the following details.

Name	Joomla
Authentication Provider	Set as Active
User Lookup Method	Username
Restrict by Hostname	Select Use this provider for any host names
Link Text	Type the title for the link as you want it to appear on the Blackboard Learn login page

• Select Save and Configure.
• To configure Service Provider follow the steps given below.

Entity ID	Enter a value that describes this Blackboard Environment (i.e. 'BlackBoardProd')
Enable Automatic SSO	Checked
Single Logout Service Type	Select Post and Redirect

• Click on Generate to download the SP metadata for configuring your Joomla site.
• Select the Compatible Data Sources from the list that this authentication provider should be compatible with. This is important when the authentication provider contains accounts that are shared with existing data sources. If the user exists and is associated with a data source that is not ticked the user will not be successfully authenticated.


• Select the checkbox to have the system automatically create a new account for the user if their information is not found.
• In the Error Message text box, you can provide a custom message for users in case SAML authentication doesn't work as expected.
• Select Point Identity Provider for the Identity Provider Type and enter the following details.

Metadata URL	You can get the Metadata URL from the IDP Metadata of the plugin
Metadata File	Upload the metadata file downloaded from Joomla
Remote User ID	Select NameID as the Remote User ID

• You have configured Blackboard successfully.

2: Configuring Joomla as Identity Provider (IDP)

Additional Resources.

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)
• What is SAML?
• Additional SAML IDP guides
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Free Trial:

If you would like to test out the plugin to ensure your business use case is fulfilled, we do provide a 7-day trial for premium version. Please drop us an email at joomlasupport@xecurify.com requesting a trial. You can create an account with us using this link.

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If you face any issues or if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at joomlasupport@xecurify.com In case you want some additional features to be included in the plugin, please get in touch with us, and we can get that custom-made for you. Also, If you want, we can also schedule an online meeting to help you Setup the Joomla SAML IDP Single Sign-On plugin.