Creating Groups

1. In the shell you wish to create the Groups in, scroll down to the Control Panel and click to expand the Users and Groups menu. Select Groups.
   
   
2. Hover your mouse over the Create button and select Manual Enroll under Single Group or Group Set depending on your use case.
   
   
   
   
3. Enter a Name for the group. Ensure that the name has no spaces. You may use hyphens or underscores to separate words.
   
   
   
   Repeat these steps to create each Group you need for your course. Your Groups will appear on this Groups screens as they are created.
   
   
   
   
4. Download the Group_Membership_Template file (attached at the bottom of this article) and open it in Excel or your preferred spreadsheet software.
5. The template has two columns User Name and Group Code.
   1. User Name column is the username of each student you wish to enroll in each particular group. These can be manually typed in or copied/pasted from an Excel download of your Grade Center (see Working Offline with Blackboard Grade Center for steps to download your Grade Center).
   2. Group Code is the name of the group you assigned in step 3. Be sure to assign the appropriate Group Code to each corresponding User Name.
      
      
      
6. Save the template and ensure the file format remains a .CSV file for “comma-separated values.”
   
   
   
7. To upload the Membership Template, navigate back to the Groups area in your Control Panel and select the Import button.
   
   
   
8. Under Import Group Members, select Browse Files. Locate and select your updated Group_Membership_Template.csv file and select Open.
   
   
   
9. Select Submit at the bottom of the page to finish adding users into groups.
10. Once the import is complete, the Enrolled Members column will update to reflect the changes.
    
    
    

Remove All Users From a Group

1. Navigate to the Groups page of your course. From the course menu, expand Course Management, expand Users and Groups, select Groups.
   
   
   
2. Next, locate the group you want to clear all users from in your list of group, click the gray chevron next to it, and select Edit Group.
   
   
   
   
3. Locate the Membership section on the page.
   
4. Select Remove All Users. A modal window will display asking if you are sure you want to remove the users. Select OK on the modal window.
   
   
   
   
5. Select Submit to save your changes.