Setting Group Options

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After a group has been created you can modify the functions available to group members and manage group membership.

To work on group setting you need to log on to Blackboard and open your course, and click on Control Panel in the lower left of the screen

Once in the Control Panel screen locate the User Management area click on Manage Groups.

To adjust the settings for any group click on the Modify button for that group.

This tutorial will now work through each of these options in the order they appear in the dialog box.

Group Properties

Within the Group Option menu you can set what functions the students will have in that group.  These functions will only be available to the students within the group. The functions include Discussion Board, Virtual Classroom (chat), File Exchange, and Group E-mail Function. 

As with most item in Blackboard you also have to select if the item will be visible.

Add Users To Group

The second option is the Add Users To Group.  Click on the Add Users To Group link and click on LIST ALL tab,

then the List All button.

A complete list of students will open and to select which students will be in the Group you are editing, click on the box to the left of the students' names.  Once you have made your selections, click on the Submit button in the lower right of the screen.

Click on OK for the Receipt to continue.

List Users In Group

The third option is to List the Users in a Group.  Once you click on the link to open it, click on the LIST ALL tab.

To see the list off the users in the group you are editing, click on the List All button.

Now all of the students in the group will appear on your screen.  Click the OK button to continue.

Remove Users From Group

The fourth option is Remove Users from Group.  Once you have clicked on that option link you will need to list the students in the group.  Click on the LIST ALL tab, then

click on the List All button.

A complete list of students in the group will open.  Click on the box to the left of the students' names that you wish to remove from the group.  Before you can remove your selection(s) you need to type "Yes" in the dialog box as it appears on the screen.  Then you can click on submit to continue the process.

Because this cannot be undone, a dialog box will appear to confirm that you want to remove users from a group.

To continue click on the OK button.

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