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Blackboard Learn allows students to easily collaborate on assignments and projects in a secure space within your course. Follow these instructions to create a group set and assign an assignment to the groups. | Blackboard Learn allows students to easily collaborate on assignments and projects in a secure space within your course. Follow these instructions to create a group set and assign an assignment to the groups. | ||
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* 2. Click ‘Group Settings’ (top image) to allow or disallow student created groups. Click ‘Submit’ to save your settings.[[File:Groups_2.png|450px|centre]] | * 2. Click ‘Group Settings’ (top image) to allow or disallow student created groups. Click ‘Submit’ to save your settings.[[File:Groups_2.png|450px|centre]] | ||
* 3. Hover your cursor over ‘Create Group Set’ and choose one of the three options. This tutorial will demonstrate how to create groups and manually enroll students into the groups.[[File:Groups_3.png|450px|centre]] | * 3. Hover your cursor over ‘Create Group Set’ and choose one of the three options. This tutorial will demonstrate how to create groups and manually enroll students into the groups.[[File:Groups_3.png|450px|centre]] | ||
Revision as of 09:05, 30 January 2015
Instructions for Blackboard Learn 9.1: Creating Groups
Blackboard Learn allows students to easily collaborate on assignments and projects in a secure space within your course. Follow these instructions to create a group set and assign an assignment to the groups.
Click ‘Users and Groups’ in the Control Panel. Click ‘Groups’.
- 2. Click ‘Group Settings’ (top image) to allow or disallow student created groups. Click ‘Submit’ to save your settings.
- 3. Hover your cursor over ‘Create Group Set’ and choose one of the three options. This tutorial will demonstrate how to create groups and manually enroll students into the groups.
- 4. Give the group set a name. Blackboard will automatically append a number to each of the groups that you create.
If you create three groups called ‘Group’, you will end up with ‘Group 1’, ‘Group 2’, and ‘Group 3’.
- 5. Enter a description, if necessary.
Ensure that the group is available, otherwise students will not be able to see the group.
- 6. Deselect any tools which will not be needed in the groups.
Make sure you allow group members to create forums unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise.
- 7. Allow or disallow personalization. Enter the number of groups you would like to create.
Click ‘Submit’.
- 8. Set the filter options.
- 9. Click a name in the left column and click the right arrow to move them into the group.
Select multiple students using ‘shift+click’.
Use the left arrow to remove a student from the group. Repeat this process for the remaining groups.
- 10. Click ‘Submit’.
- 11. You will see your groups listed on the groups page.
Students will see their groups under ‘My Groups’. Click the name of a group to go to that group’s page.
12. The group page will show the group members, the group tools and any assignments assigned to that group.
Assigning to Groups
- 1. Group assignments must be assigned specifically to groups.
Click the dropdown menu beside the group assignment and choose ‘Edit’.
- 2. Scroll down to section 6, ‘Recipients’ and choose ‘Groups of Students’ (groups must be set up prior to this step). Move the groups to the ‘Selected Items’ window.
Click ‘Submit’.
- 3. Group assignments will be listed on each group’s page.
If you have questions, please contact elearningfacilitator@tru.ca.