You can set up Blackboard Assignments for assessments where students are working in groups. One student in each group submits work on behalf of the whole group. You will assign marks and feedback for the whole group and you can adjust individual student’s marks as necessary after the group mark is entered.
Please note:
- Groups need to be created on a course before they can be used for assessment or release conditions.
- Anonymous Marking is not currently possible with Blackboard Group Assignments.
- It is not possible to bulk download all group submissions in one action, however, you can download each group individually.
- Integration created [IC] Blackboard submission points can be configured as a group Assignment. There is no need to create a separate submission point.
Assigning groups to an assignment
When setting up or configuring a Blackboard Assignment, you’ll find an Assigned groups option in the Additional Tools section.
Click the drop-down menu to select one of the Group Sets that have been created on the course. Groups must be visible to students before they will appear in the list.
You will be shown the number of groups in each set.
Once you have selected the appropriate Group Set, you can Save your settings or continue to edit them as necessary.
How to identify group content items
You can tell a content item has groups attached by the blue link showing “X groups”. This link shows you how many groups are in the attached Group Set. You can click the link to be taken directly to the Group Set page.
Once Group Sets have been attached to content items, you will see this detailed in the Group Set management page.
Guide last updated on August 10, 2026