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Blackboard Groups<\/a> are a way of organising students on a Course.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Manual Enrol groups<\/h1>\n

These groups are designed for instructors to add students to groups directly.\u00a0 For example if you had pre-timetabled groups you could use this method to create them; or if you desired to choose certain students for specific groups.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Setting up a manual enrol group<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Go to\u00a0Control Panel > Users and Groups > Groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. Click Create > Single Group \u2013 Manual Enrol\n

    <\/strong>\"Create<\/li>\n

  3. You will see the Group Name<\/strong> and Description\u00a0<\/strong>to fill in.<\/li>\n
  4. You can choose whether to make the group visible to students.\n

    \"Filling<\/li>\n

  5. \u00a0You can associate tools to group, allowing you to have blogs, discussion boards and send emails to the group.\u00a0 These are selected as default.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Tools<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    \"Important\r\nYou can assign all or none of these tools to groups.\u00a0 Note that Blogs, Journals and Wikis have a further option to allow grading.\u00a0 These create grade centre columns within the course for the group(s) associated with them.\r\n<\/pre>\n
    4. Select whether to make a Smart View for your group. This will help filter the grade centre for any assessment.<\/p>\n
    \"Add<\/p>\n
    5.\u00a0 \u00a0 Click Add Users<\/strong> to select users from your course.<\/p>\n
    \"Add<\/p>\n
    5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A window will open within which you can select the students you wish to add to the group.\u00a0 These will then display at the bottom of the screen.<\/p>\n
    \"Selecting
    \n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once you are satisfied with the information and settings in the group Click Submit<\/strong> and the group will appear in your groups list.<\/p>\n
    \"Highlighting<\/p>\n
     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Blackboard Groups are a way of organising students on a Course.   Manual Enrol groups These groups are designed for instructors to add students to groups directly.\u00a0 For example if you had pre-timetabled groups you could use this method to create them; or if you desired to choose certain students for specific groups.   Setting up a manual enrol group Go to\u00a0Control Panel > Users and Groups > Groups. Click Create > Single Group \u2013 Manual Enrol You will see the Group Name and Description\u00a0to fill in. You can choose whether to make the group visible to students. \u00a0You can associate tools to group, allowing you to have blogs, discussion boards and send emails to the group.\u00a0 These are selected as default.   You can assign all or none of these tools to groups.\u00a0 Note that Blogs, Journals and Wikis have a further option to allow grading.\u00a0 These create grade centre columns within the course for the group(s) associated with them. 4. 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