Making+Groups+in+BB

When a section has more than the designated enrollment number for one Lead Instructor (LI), an Academic Associate (AA) will be assigned to the course. The LI and the AA will then divide out the class, according to the guidelines provided by Annie and the Teachers College.

//Example from fall 2016:// //Total enrollment - 40 students// //Lead Instructor - Annie Hale (assigned 30 students)// //Academic Associate - Jackie LeFevers (assigned 10 students)//

The LI will post announcements for the whole class to see, send out e-mails that apply to everyone, but only grade and individually interact with the students in their assigned group. The AA will be responsible for grading the work of their assigned students, e-mailing with them, answering any questions, etc.


 * Setting up Groups in Blackboard **


 * 1) Log into BB course shell.
 * 2) Go down to "Users and Groups" and select "Groups"
 * 3) Click "Create" and then in the Single Group category, select "Manual Enroll"
 * 4) Name the group (Example: Group Sadowski)
 * 5) In Tools Available section, unselect everything except Discussion Board and E-mail. Under the Discussion Board option, select "Do not allow student group members to create forums"
 * 6) In Module Personalization Options, unselect "Allow Personalization"
 * 7) Click Submit
 * 8) Repeat steps to create as many Groups as necessary


 * Enrolling students into their assigned Group **


 * 1) Log into BB course shell
 * 2) Go down to "Users and Groups" and select "Groups"
 * 3) Hover over the group that you want to place students into. A gray arrow will appear next to the group name that opens a drop down menu with selected. Click "Edit Group"
 * 4) Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click "Add Users"
 * 5) Click Submit, and repeat steps with other Groups.

Note: During the first week of class an enrollment is in flux, be sure to check that any student who joins late gets added to a Group.


 * Setting up Grade Center view for Group **


 * 1) Log into BB course shell
 * 2) Go down to Grade Center and select "Full Grade Center"
 * 3) Hover over Manage and then select "Smart Views"
 * 4) Along the right side of the page, you'll see an "Add as Favorite" column. Unselect anything that is starred green.
 * 5) Click "Create Smart View"
 * 6) Name the Smart View the same as the Group you intend to list. For example, if you're wanting Sadowski to only see his assigned students in Grade Center, name the Smart View "Group Sadowski".
 * 7) Check "Add as Favorite"
 * 8) In the Select Criteria section, click the group that correlates with the name.
 * 9) Click submit, and repeat steps with other Groups.

Once you have completed this step, under the Grade Center tab there should now be each of the Groups that you created. This makes it easy for the LI and AA to only see their assigned students' progress and submissions. As both the LI and AA grade work, it will update in both their view and in the Full Grade Center.