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There are three options when adding students to groups:
For all three options, use the Group Manager to create the
groups.
- Under the Teach Tab, go to the Group Manager
tool
- Click Create Groups
- Select one of the three methods of creating groups:
Custom Groups
generates a group and allows you to selectively
choose which students to add to it. (Use this option to build a group for
Disability Quiz Accommodation)
- Select the Create Custom Groups
option and complete the following:
- Fill out the group name
- Click on Add Members to build
the group
- Save your groups membership
Multiple Groups generates a specific number of groups for you
and offers you two options during the creation:
- Select the Create Multiple Groups
option and answer the following:
- The group name (it will automatically append a
number after the name for each group)
- Optional group description
- Create full or empty groups
Empty = Instructor Determined Memberships
creates empty groups which you may populate with students at your
convenience.
Full = Randomly Distributed Memberships
creates multiple groups and randomly assigns students to them. If you
choose this option, make sure that your students have been added to the
Blackboard course. This option uses your course roster list to populate
the groups with student members. NOTE: If you wish to choose
full groups,
wait until
your students have been added
- Number of Groups or students per group
- Press Continue when finished
- Customize each
group to your specifications
- Press Save when finished

Groups Offering Sign-Up Sheets allows your students to
sign up for the group they wish to be in
- First,
create a folder on the Course Content (Homepage).
Name the folder Sign-Up Here, for
example
- Select the Create Groups with Sign-Up Sheet
option and answer the following:
- Number of Groups
- The title of the groups (it will automatically append a
number after the title for each group)
- Optional group description
- Set the number of people in each group
- Optional views for the students
- The Sign-Up Sheet title
- Sign-Up instructions
- Location where the sign-up
sheet will be placed (select the folder you just
created)
- Press Continue when finished
- Customize each group to your specifications
- Press Save when finished

How Sign-Up Sheets Work for Students:
- The Student View tab demonstrates how the Group
Sign-Up works

- As your demo student, you may sign-up for a group

- Your students see a confirmation

- Your students cannot remove themselves from their group once they have
made their choice, but the
steps below show you how to manage these groups.
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- Under the Teach tab, click on Group
Manager.
- Click on the
ActionLinks
icon next to the group you wish to edit, and select Edit
Group
- Click on Add Members to add members to the group
- If you wish to remove a member from the group, click the
check box next to their name, and click on Remove Selected
- When you are done making changes, click Save
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