Author: Tasha Hussey

You must either deploy groups to a Content Area or create a Tool Link to groups for your students to access them.

1. Go to the Content Area where you want to deploy a group or group set.
2. Click Add Interactive Tool > Groups.
3. Select “Link to the Groups Page” to create a link to all groups or “Link to a Group or Group Set” to create a link to a specific group/group set (if you choose this option, select the desired group/group set from the list).
4. Click Next.
5. Enter a Name and optional Text for the link, and set options as appropriate.
6. Click Submit. A link to either the Groups page or a specific Group or Group Set is created in the Content Area through which students can access group pages and sign-up sheets.

1. Go to Control Panel > Users and Groups > Groups.
2. Click Create Group Set and select Self-Enroll, Manual Enroll or Random Enroll.
3. Enter a Name and optional Description.
4. Set group Availability.
5. Under tool availability, check the boxes for course tools you want to make available to the group set, and set up grading options if appropriate.
6. Self-Enroll: Enter a Name for the Sign-up Sheet. Set the Maximum Number of Members. For Group Set Options, enter the Number of Groups to create. Click Submit. Sign-up sheets will be created for students to enroll themselves in a group (see Self-Enroll entry).
7. Manual Enroll: For Group Set Options, enter the Number of Groups to create. Click Submit. Next, an enrollment box appears for each group. Select names from the Select box and click the right-pointing arrow to add students to a group.
8. Random Enroll: For Membership, enter the Number of Students per Group OR the Number of Groups. Select an option to Determine How to Enroll any Remaining Members. Click Submit. Blackboard randomly assigns students to groups based on your criteria.