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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 where you have predefined groups such as seminar and tutorial groups, or in any other situation where you wish to choose certain students for specific groups.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Setting up Group Set Manual Enrol groups<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Go to\u00a0 Control Panel > Users and Groups > Groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. Create > Group Set \u2013 Manual Enrol
    \n<\/strong>\"Multiple<\/li>\n
  3. Fill in the Group Name<\/strong> and Information<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. You can choose whether to make the group visible to students.
    \n\"Filling<\/li>\n
  5. You can associate Tools<\/strong> to the groups, allowing you to have blogs, discussion boards and send emails to the group.\u00a0 These come as on 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\r\n<\/pre>\n
    5.\u00a0 Choose the Number of Groups<\/strong> you wish to create and click Submit<\/strong><\/p>\n
    \"Choose<\/p>\n
    6.\u00a0 The Groups will then appear in a list.\u00a0 Here you can re-name<\/strong> the groups and add the users<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you need to add an extra group or delete a group you can do this here too.<\/p>\n
    \"Showing<\/p>\n
    7.\u00a0 As you add users, they will no longer be available on the list of users available.\u00a0 The group members will appear below each group.<\/p>\n
    \"Choosing<\/p>\n
    8.\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
    \"Groups<\/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 where you have predefined groups such as seminar and tutorial groups, or in any other situation where you wish to choose certain students for specific groups.   Setting up Group Set Manual Enrol groups Go to\u00a0 Control Panel > Users and Groups > Groups. Create > Group Set \u2013 Manual Enrol Fill in the Group Name and Information. You can choose whether to make the group visible to students. 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