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.