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Deploying Groups in the Content Area

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.

Creating Group Sets

  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.

Importing Surveys from Another Course

 

To Import:

  1. Go to Control Panel > Course Tools > Tests, Surveys, and Pools > Survey.
  2. Click Import Survey.
  3. Click Browse My Computer to locate and select the survey file.
  4. Click Submit. The imported survey will appear in Tests, Surveys, and Pools > Surveys.

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Add Content to Blackboard

Create content containers and content

You create your individual pieces of content in content containers: content areas, learning modules, lesson plans, and folders.

In a content container, you can create content by creating menus for content items, tests, assignments, and links to tools.

content menu

More on the types of content you can add

As you create content, you can set its options, such as availability. You can create content and make it unavailable to students until you’re ready for them to view it. You can also limit which content items students see based on date, time, individual users, course groups, and their performance on graded items.standard options section

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Reviewing and Grading Blogs

You can grade participation in blogs for individuals and groups.

To learn more, view this Review and Grade Blogs article.

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Tag Threads in Blackboard Discussion Boards

Tags are text labels that act like bookmarks. You can tag posts to group similar messages together. For example, if the subject of scientific notation is discussed often, tag each of the posts on this topic. Students can filter and search posts with these tags, but they can’t create tags.

View the article on how to tag threads for additional information.

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Moderating Blackboard Discussion Boards

Faculty can moderate their Blackbard Discussion Boards to insure there are no inappropriate post.

For additional information, view the Moderate Discussion article.

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Grading Wikis

You can grade wiki contributions to measure students’ understanding of course material and their ability to work collaboratively. Grades can be posted for a single student or a Wiki group.

To learn more about grading wikis, view the Grade wiki contributions article.

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Editing Wiki Pages

You or any course member can make changes to a Wiki page.

To learn more about editing Wiki pages, view the wiki article.

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Adding Pages to a Wiki

You can add pages to the existing Wiki in your course.

To learn more about adding pages, view the Wiki article-scroll half way down and look for “Create wiki pages”.

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