Manage Groups

Overview: Instructors can build team study or project groups in Blackboard. Once created, students will have access to their Group page a My Group option within their course menu.

When you set up a group in Blackboard you can give a team access to many features, including their own:

 Group Discussion Board

 Group Blogs and Wikis

 Communication tools such as Send Email and File Exchange

Action: Set up a group and assign a team of students to their group.

1. From the Control Panel, click Users and Groups. Select Groups:

2. Click Create, and then Manual Enroll to add a new group where you intend to assign group members (shown here).

Use Self-Enroll only if students will be signing themselves up into groups.

3. Enter a name (required), description (optional), and check the desired tools for the group.

4. Under Membership, click Add Users to select the team members of the group, and submit:

5. Click Submit.

Next Steps: To review, modify, email or delete an existing group from the Groups page, click the chevron next to the group name and select the appropriate action.