Creating and Assigning Groups | Blackboard Ultra | Seneca Polytechnic

Groups are a great way to encourage students to collaborate in the course. When creating groups, you can choose to manually assign students to specific groups, create a sign-up sheet for students to choose their group, or randomly assign students to a group. 

Creating and Assigning Group Members

1. Select Groups from the Navigation bar at the top. 
   

2. Select the plus icon (+) beside New Group Set.

   

3. Select the title to edit the group name.

4. Select the drop-down list beside Group students and select one of the following options. 

   • Select Custom to manually assign students to specific groups.

     1. Select the plus icon (+) to create a new group. 

     2. Select the pencil icon next to the title or description to edit the title and description. 

     3. Select the ellipses beside a student's name, and select the group you want to assign them to.

     4. Select Save. 

   • Select Randomly assign to randomly assign students to groups. 

     1. Select the drop-down menu beside Number of groups to change the number of groups created.

     2. Select the pencil icon next to the title or description to edit the tile and description. 

     3. Select the ellipses next to a student's name to unassign the student or move them to another group. 

     4. Select Save.

   • Select Self-enrollment to create a sign-up sheet for students to choose their group. Note: If this option is greyed out, select Hidden from students, and then select Visible to students. 

     1. Select the Description text box to enter a description.

     2. Select the Enrollment start date and Enrollment end date to enter the date and time in which students can enroll into the groups.

     3. Select Maximum members per group and enter the maximum number of members that can be assigned to each group. 

     4. Select Hide enrolled members to prevent students from seeing enrolled members prior to joining a group. 

     5. Select Save. Note: Students are able to move from group to group until the group submits it's first piece of work. Students who haven't joined a group are assigned automatically at the end of the enrollment period.

Video

This short video covers how to create groups and takes a quick look at custom, self-enrolled and randomly assigned groups. 

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