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Group Tasks: The Group Tasks page organizes projects or activities (referred to as tasks) by defining task priority and tracking task status.

Create a Group Set

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or Single Group

Single groups are created using the exact same steps used to create Group Sets but only create one group at a time. Only Self-Enroll and Manual Enroll options are available. Group Sets will typically be used more often but groups can be created individually as well.

  1. Begin by selecting Users and Groups from the Control Panel

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  1. Click Groups

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  1. Click Create Single Group or Group Set

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  1. Select Enrollment type
    • Self-Enroll -- Students select their own group
    • Manual Enroll --You determine the group
    • Random Enroll -- Blackboard sets the groups randomly

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  1. Follow the steps below corresponding to the type of group you want to make

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Self-Enroll/Sign-up Sheet

1. Self-Enroll allows students to add themselves to a group using a sign-up sheet. You can make sign-up sheets available to students on the groups listing page or by adding a link to a course area, such as a Content Area, Learning Module, Lesson Plan, or folder. When you create a group using sign-up sheets, the group can be immediately available to use or made available after all members have signed up. Self-enrollment is an option available for both single groups and group sets.

  1. Give the Group a name and description

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  1. Select Group Availability

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  1. Select Tool Availability

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  1. Set Sign-up Options
    • Set maximum number of members allowed per group
    • Show Members
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    • Allow students to sign up from the Groups listing page

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    • (The sign-up sheet can appear on the Groups listing page or be added as a link from other areas, such as a Content Area, Content Folder, Learning Module, or Lesson Plan. Adaptive release rules can be applied to the content page link, which provides the ability to limit the availability of the sign-up sheet)
  1. Set total number of groups to make

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  1. Click Submit to Save

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  1. You will return to the Groups page and should see a green bar indicating success and see the groups listed

Manual-Enroll

1. For Manual Enroll, an instructor assigns each student in the course to a group. Manual enrollment is available for both single groups and group sets.

  1. Give the Group a name and description

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  1. Select Availability
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  1. Select Tool Availability

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4. Set total number of groups to make

5. Click Submit to Save

6. You will be taken to the options page

7. Set Filter Options

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  1. Set Module Personalization Setting
    • When "Allow Personalization" is selected, a student can add personal modules to the group homepage. Only the group member who added the modules can view them
  2. Set the Number of Groups you wish to create
    • This option will only show when creating a Group Set
  3. Submit
  4. Choose your Group Set Members Filter Options
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  5. Select Members for each group by using the left/right arrows
    • You can choose to Randomize at this stage
    • You also have the ability at this point to add/delete groups
    • As you add users to one group, they are automatically removed from the next set of groups to prevent

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    • duplication

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  1. Click Submit to Save

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  1. You will return to the Groups page and should see a green bar indicating success and see the groups listed

Random-Enroll

1. Random Enroll is available for only group sets and automatically distributes membership into groups based on a designated number of students per group or the designated number of groups. Random distribution applies only to students who are currently enrolled in the course. Additional students can be enrolled manually.

  1. Give the Group a name and description

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  1. Select Availability

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  2. Select Tool Availability

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4. Determine Number of Groups by:

  • Set the number of members per group OR Set total number of groups 

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5. Determine How to Enroll any Remaining Members

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  1. Set Module Personalization Setting
    • When "Allow Personalization" is selected, a student can add personal modules to the group homepage. Only the group member who added the modules can view them
  2. Determine Membershipsettings
    • Determine number of groups by either Number of Students per Group or Number of Groups
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    • Determine how to enroll any remaining members
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  3. Click Submit to Save

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  1. You will return to the Groups page and should see a green bar indicating success and see the groups listed

Edit Group Members

Add or remove users from existing groups:1.

  1. Start on the Groups page

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  1. Click the action item button to the right of the name of the group

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  1. Click Edit

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  1. Scroll down to

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  1. #4 Membership

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  1. Select the name of the student you want to add/remove

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  1. Use the right/left arrows to change the membership

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  1. Click Submit to save

View a Group

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  1. Start on the Groups page

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  1. Click the action item button to the right of the name of the group

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  1. Click Open

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  1. You will be taken the that group’s page

This is similar to what students see in the Groups Area of the Course Menu

Create a Single Group

Single groups are created using the exact same steps used to create Group Sets but only create one group at a time. Only Self-Enroll and Manual Enroll options are available. Group Sets will typically be used more often but groups can be created individually as well.

Sources and Relevant Links

 Add a Group Link to the Course Menu