Issue/Question
How can I create and/or manage groups in my Blackboard course as an instructor?
Environment
Resolution
- Open Blackboard course.
- Select Groups tab.
- Click New Group Set.
- Name group set.
- Select grouping method from Group students dropdown:
- Custom
- Randomly Assign
- Self-enrollment (group set must be Visible to students at top right)
- Reuse groups
- To manually add a new group, click .
- To change student group membership, click next to student name and select new group name.
- Click Save to save all changes.
- Open Blackboard course.
- Open Groups tab in course.
- Click group set name to open it.
- Click ... (top right) to open the options menu.
- Select Import Groups or Members.
- Select Create groups or Assign members tab depending on your desired task.
- If you have an exported .CSV you've downloaded from your course, click Upload File. If not, a download link is provided for a .CSV template formatted for importing either groups or members, respectively. Once you've filled the columns in the template, click Upload File.
- Select the file and click Open.
- Click Import File. You should receive an email when the import process is complete.
- Open Blackboard course.
- Select Groups tab.
- Click group set name to open it.
- Click ... (top right) to open the options menu.
- Select Export Groups.
- Select the checkbox next to Group sets only or Members only. File Type should be .CSV by default.
- Click Export File. You should receive an email when the export is ready to download.
Note: If you make changes to group membership using this .CSV with the intention to re-import into Blackboard, make sure information is present in all required columns, which are denoted with an asterisk (*).