Creating Group Assignments

Summary

Instructions for creating group assignments in Blackboard Original and Ultra courses.

Body

Issue/Question

How do I make a group assignment in Blackboard?

Environment

Original
Ultra

Resolution

Blackboard Original

Navigate to the Assignments section of the course site.
Mouse over Assessments.
Select Assignment.
Set the options of the assignment to your liking.
Click Submission Details.
Change the Assignment Type to Group Submission.
In the box on the left, select the groups to deploy the assignment to.
Clickto move selected groups to the box on the right.
Click Submit.

Note: If the instructor turns Edit Mode to Off, and they aren't in any of the groups, they won't see the link to the assignment.

Note: If there are no groups of students selected to have access to the assignment, you will not be able to manually enter a grade for this assignment. Only students that are selected to participate in the assignment may be awarded a grade.

Blackboard Ultra

Open Ultra course.
Access Content tab.
Click where you’d like assignment to reside.
Select Create.
Within Assessment section, choose Assignment.
Click to access Assignment Settings.
Within Assigned groups section, click Assign to groups link.
Select dropdown next to Group students to:
- Use custom groups
- Randomly assign groups
- Configure groups for student self-enrollment
- Reuse groups
Configure group settings as desired.
- Select to create groups.
- Click next to student names to manually assign groups.
Click Save to apply changes & close Assigned Groups menu.
Configure other assignment settings as desired.
Click Save to close main Assessment Settings menu.

Details

Article ID: 599

Created

Wed 9/10/14 12:25 PM

Modified

Tue 11/25/25 11:42 AM