{"id":1725,"date":"2015-02-04T08:16:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T08:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/?page_id=1725"},"modified":"2015-07-20T06:59:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T06:59:25","slug":"groups-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/groups-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Groups is basically a subset of users that are enrolled in a course. Each group of users has its own workspace, where the member of the group can perform action privately of other students.<\/p>\n<p>You can create groups of students to collaborate on academic work and you can do so, by creating them one at a time or in sets. Each groups has access\u00a0 to each own homepage and to various tools and links that help students collaborate.<\/p>\n<p>To find <strong>Groups<\/strong> follow the directions below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While inside your course.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Course Management<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Users and Groups<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the group you want to enter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below there is the description of each group&#8217;s available tools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Collaboration<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; Create and attend chat sessions and virtual classroom sessions.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>File Exchange<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; All members, as well as your instructor, can add files. They can also delete files, regardless of who added them.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Group Discussion Board<\/em><\/strong> -Users within the group can create and manage their own forums and discuss topics with just the group members.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Group Blog<\/em><\/strong> -All course members can, read  and comment on a group blog, but they cannot make posts unless they are  members of the group. Your instructor can select the grade option for  group blogs.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Group Journal<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; All members of a group can  view each group member entries, but the group journal can only be  viewed by the group and your instructor.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Group Task<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; Users within the group can create tasks that are distributed to all group members.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Group Wiki<\/em> <\/strong>&#8211; Users within the group can edit, and view their group wiki. Your instructor can view and edit a group wiki.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Send Email<\/em> <\/strong>&#8211; Users within the group can email the other members or the entire group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/11\/Capture38.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Group Modules\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/11\/Capture38.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"484\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to email a group<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access the group you want and click the <strong>Send Email<\/strong> option.<\/li>\n<li>While inside the <strong>Send Email <\/strong>page, select the recipients of the email in the Available to Select box.<\/li>\n<li>Type a <strong>Subject<\/strong> for your email.<\/li>\n<li>Type a <strong>Message<\/strong> for your email.<\/li>\n<li>Click Attach a File if you want to include a file in your email.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to exchange files within a group<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access the group you want and click the <strong>File Exchange<\/strong> option.<\/li>\n<li>While inside the page, click <strong>Add File<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>While on the <strong>Add File<\/strong> page click the <strong>Browse My Computer<\/strong> to upload a file from your computer.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are two group creation Options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a Single Group<\/li>\n<li>Create a Group Set<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Group Enrollments Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Self-Enroll<\/strong>: Students will be able to enroll  themselves in a group, by adding their names to a sign-up sheet. Sign-up  sheets can be made available on the Groups page and can limit the  number of people allowed to join the group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manual<\/strong> <strong>Enroll:<\/strong> Create a standard group of students to collaborate on work and add manually the students in the group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Random Enroll<\/strong>: Available for Group sets only and automatically distributes membership to the groups based on a designated number of students per group or the number of groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Create a Single Group<\/strong>:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2015\/02\/Create-Groups.png\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2708\" title=\"Create Groups\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2015\/02\/Create-Groups.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2015\/02\/Create-Groups.png 318w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2015\/02\/Create-Groups-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Navigate from the Course menu to <strong>Course Management<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Users and Groups<\/strong> &gt;<strong> Groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>While inside the Group page, select from the <strong>Create Single Group<\/strong> tab, either <strong>Self-Enroll<\/strong> or <strong>Manual Enroll<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Self-Enroll:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the <strong>Create Group<\/strong> page, type a Name and an optional Description.<\/li>\n<li>Select Yes if you want to make the Group available.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Tool Availability<\/strong> section, select what tools you want to be available in your group and which one of those you choose to grade.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Module Personalization Setting<\/strong> section, check if you want your students to be able to change the group page module.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Sign-up<\/strong> option section, type the name of the sign-up sheet,  the instructions and the maximum number of students that can enroll into  this group.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Manual Enroll:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the <strong>Create Group<\/strong> page, type a Name and an optional Description.<\/li>\n<li>Select Yes if you want to make the Group available.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Tool Availability<\/strong> section, select what tools you want to be available in your group and which one of those you choose to grade.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Module Personalization Setting<\/strong> section, check if you want your students to be able to change the group page module.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Membership<\/strong> field, select the student you want to enroll in this group.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Create a Group Set<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Navigate from the Course menu to <strong>Course Management<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Users and Groups<\/strong> &gt;<strong> Groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>While inside the Group page, select from the <strong>Create Single Group<\/strong> tab, either <strong>Self-Enroll<\/strong> or <strong>Manual Enroll<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Self-Enroll:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the <strong>Create Group<\/strong> page, type a Name and an optional Description.<\/li>\n<li>Select Yes if you want to make the Group available.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Tool Availability<\/strong> section, select what tools you want to be available in your group and which one of those you choose to grade.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Module Personalization Setting<\/strong> section, check if you want your students to be able to change the group page module.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Sign-up<\/strong> option section, type the name of the sign-up sheet,  the instructions  and the maximum number of students that can enroll into  this group.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Group Set Options<\/strong> field select a number of groups.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For Manual Enroll:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the <strong>Create Group<\/strong> page, type a Name and an optional Description.<\/li>\n<li>Select Yes if you want to make the Group available.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Tool Availability<\/strong> section, select what tools you want to be available in your group and which one of those you choose to grade.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Module Personalization Setting<\/strong> section, check if you want your students to be able to change the group page module.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Membership<\/strong> field, select the student you want to enroll in this group.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Group Set Options<\/strong> field select a number of groups.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Random Enroll:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the <strong>Create Group<\/strong> page, type a Name and an optional Description.<\/li>\n<li>Select Yes if you want to make the Group available.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Tool Availability<\/strong> section, select what tools you want to be available in your group and which one of those you choose to grade.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Module Personalization Setting<\/strong> section, check if you want your students to be able to change the group page module.<\/li>\n<li>Type the Number of Students per Group to create or the Number of Groups. Select an option to Determine How to Enroll any Remaining Members in the groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Import a Group:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While inside the <strong>Groups<\/strong> page, click the<strong> Import<\/strong> button to get redirected to the <strong>Import Group<\/strong> page.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Browse my Computer<\/strong>, to select the appropriate .csv file that contain the Group information.<\/li>\n<li>Select in the <strong>Tool Availability,<\/strong> what information you want to make available in the group that will be created by the imported file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groups is basically a subset of users that are enrolled in a course. Each group of users has its own workspace, where the member of the group can perform action privately of other students. 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