This article refers to the Original Course View. If you are in an Ultra course, please refer to the Blackboard Ultra Faculty Quick Start Guide: Create and Manage Groups.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• About Groups
• Create Groups
• Edit and Manage Groups
• Group Assignments

About Groups

Course Groups provide a private space for students to work together. Group work can be very beneficial for students, teaching them skills such as time management, sharing diverse perspectives, developing approaches to resolving differences, and more. More information on the benefits of group work may be found here: The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning: Group Work.

Create Groups

You can create groups of students to collaborate on course work. Groups can be created one at a time or in sets. You can manually select group members or allow students to self-enroll. Each group has its own space, or homepage, with links to tools to help students collaborate. Only you and group members can access the group tools. 

To create a group, go to your course's Control Panel. Select Users and Groups and select Groups.

This will bring you into the Groups area. At the top of the page click Create. You will have the option to create a single group or a group set. You will also have the option to enroll the students in the groups yourself (manual enroll) or allow the students to choose their groups (self-enroll). For more information on group membership see Best Practice: Group Membership.

You will be prompted to give your group a name and (optional) description. Select the option to make the group visible to students.

Next, select the tools you wish to have available in the groups, and whether they will be graded. Available tools include Blogs, Discussion Board, Email, File Exchange, Journals, Tasks, Academic Materials, Content Market Tools, and Wikis. 

Next, select whether to allow students to personalize their group page and whether or not you wish to create a smart view for the group. If you are creating a Group Set, you will be prompted to enter the number of Groups you wish to create.

Click Submit to continue.

If applicable, you will be prompted to enroll students and, if you created a group set, you may rename the groups. 

Once you have finished, click Submit.

For more information and detailed instructions, refer to the Create Groups in Original Courses support article.

Edit and Manage Groups

On the Groups listing page, you can create groups, as well as edit, manage, and delete them. For more information, refer to the Mange Groups in Original Courses support article.

Group Assignments