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Using Groups in Release Conditions

Release conditions can be used on many items include assessment submission points in a Blackboard Ultra course. Please see our guide on Release Conditions for details on other criteria or conditions that can be set.

All groups set up on the Groups page or in an assessment settings panel will be listed on the groups page and on the list of groups available for Release Conditions.

Group Release Conditions

Group release conditions allow you to restrict access to learning content or activities to specific groups or group sets.

  1. For any Learning Module, Folder, Assignment, Document or other activity that allows you to specify release conditions, use the option for Release Conditions under the Student Visibility options
    screenshot of selecting visibility to participants under a content item and selecting release conditions
  2. Under Groups, create new group sets or use the dropdown menu to select a group to release your content/activity toscreenshot of the release conditions, specifying group conditions and selecting which groups can see the content
  3. (Optional) Repeat to add further groups
  4. Save

Guide last updated on August 21, 2025

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