You can set up Ultra assignments for assessments where students are working in groups:
- one student in each group submits work on behalf of the whole group
- you can assign marks and feedback for the group as a whole.
Please note: Anonymous Marking is not currently possible with Blackboard Group Assignments.
Defining groups to submit to an assignment
When setting up an Ultra assignment, towards the bottom of the Settings panel there is an option to Assign to groups.
Click here to open a new page where you can
- select groups which already exist in the course
- or create new groups and select the members of each group.
If there are already groups in your course
Click on the ‘Group students’ drop-down list and select the required Group set from the ‘Reuse Groups’ section.
You will see a screen similar to the one shown below.
PressĀ Save to save your changes and return to the Assignment settings screen.
Create new groups
If there are no groups in your course, or you wish to create new groups for this assignment you can do so.
NB* If you create groups here they will not be added to the groups page or visible in the Release Conditions groups dropdown list.
Choose one of the first three options from the ‘Group students’ drop-down list.
- Custom
You choose which students are in each group - Randomly assign
Blackboard randomly adds students to each group - Self-enrolment
You specify how many groups there should be, and students select the group they want to join.
Now, from the ‘Number of groups’ dropdown list, specify how many groups you wish to set up.
You will see a screen similar to the one shown below.
PressĀ Save to save your changes and return to the Assignment settings screen.
Please note: Groups created in this way are set up specifically for this assignment. They cannot be reused elsewhere in the course, and they do not show up when you go to theĀ Groups tab at the top of the course.
Guide last updated on February 23, 2024
