Change Blackboard Group Membership

Summary

Instructions for changing group membership as an instructor within a Blackboard course site.

How can I create and/or manage groups in my Blackboard course as an instructor?

Create Groups

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.

Import Groups

Open Blackboard course.
Select Groups tab.
Click Import Group Set.
Click Download Group Sets template to ensure group information is entered in the correct format.
When ready to upload, click Upload File.
Locate file on your device.
Click Open.
Click Import.
You will receive an email once the upload is complete.

Article ID: 3541

Created

Sun 4/5/20 3:23 PM

Modified

Tue 5/5/26 4:41 PM