Course Tools: Creating Groups

Locate the Users and Groups>Groups tool in the Course Management menu and select Groups

Select Create and choose the type of group needed:

Self-Enroll - students add themselves to a group of their choosing

Manual Enroll - instructor assigns students to groups

Random Enroll - For Group Sets only. Blackboard assigns students to groups based on the number of groups created in the set and the number of students the instructor specifies. The option to manually enroll students remains an option as well.

Creating a single group:

Name the group and select the tools the group needs and grading options

Choose to create a Smart View for the Grade Center display

Add Members

Select Submit to finalize the Group membership

Create a Tool Link for the course menu (see linked article)