Blackboard Groups

Group Properties

Name and Description

Provide a name for your group or group set. If you are creating a group set, the individual group names will default...

Edit Group Name and Description

To edit the group names (and add a description), locate the group in the groups list. Click the OPTIONS button that appears when you hover over...

Create Group Assignment Batch File

To batch assign students to a group you'll need to create a comma separated values (csv) file. This can be created from scratch in Excel, but...

Export Groups

Blackboard's group tool lets you export groups and/or group membership as a comma separated values (csv) file. While this file does not...

Add One or More Groups

On your course Groups page, click the NEW GROUP SET button in the upper right. 

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Self-Enroll Group Enrollment

When creating a Self-Enroll group or group set, you'll find a Sign-Up Options section just after the Module Personalization Settings checkbox...

Find Course Groups (Student View)

In an ultra-style course site, students will find the Groups page under Details & Actions on the left.

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Batch Assign Users to Groups

Once you have a Group Assignment Batch csv, navigate to your course's Groups page.

Click IMPORT at the top of the groups page.

Random Group Enrollment

When you create a Random Enrollment Group Set, you will use the Membership section at the bottom of the group set's properties page to...

Manual Group Enrollment

To manually create and enroll a set of groups in an ultra-style Blackboard course site, choose CUSTOM from the "Group students" list...

Find Course Groups (Instructor View)

In an ultra-style course site, instructors will find Course Groups under Details & Actions, near the top of the list.

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