{"id":8971,"date":"2020-05-04T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?p=8971"},"modified":"2020-05-04T10:51:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T09:51:56","slug":"managing-group-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/2020\/05\/04\/managing-group-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Group Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many times when students work in groups on an assignment. Blackboard allows you to set up group work, including group submissions. This article will take a quick look at the process, signposting to existing articles where relevant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step One &#8211; Create Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first part of the process is to create the groups themselves. In your module, go to the Control Panel. Click once on <strong>Users and Groups<\/strong>, and then once on <strong>Groups<\/strong>. Hovering your mouse over the <strong>Create<\/strong> button lets you start to set up your groups.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>Single Group<\/strong> lets you set up groups on an individual level, whereas a <strong>Group Set<\/strong> lets you set up a batch of groups using the same parameters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Self Enrol<\/strong> lets students sign themselves up to a group, and <strong>Manual Enrol<\/strong> lets you enrol the students directly. If you are using the Group Set option, you get the additional option to let Blackboard randomly enrol students into the groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Two &#8211; Create the Assignment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now that you have your groups set up, you can now set up an assignment, and enable the Group option under <strong>Submission Details<\/strong>. You can then assign which groups are taking part in this assignment. This guide explores the process in more detail: <a href=\"https:\/\/eatsupport.tees.ac.uk\/staff\/knowledgebase\/creating-an-assignment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/eatsupport.tees.ac.uk\/staff\/knowledgebase\/creating-an-assignment\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When a member of the group submits, that constitutes a submission for all the group members. Therefore, if the submission is set up to only allow a single attempt, once one student has submitted, no other members of that group will be able to submit. Students get a notification message reminding them of this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Three &#8211; Grade the Assignment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once students have submitted, you can now grade the assignment.<\/p>\n<p>If you use the <strong>Needs Grading<\/strong> option, you can give a score and feedback that will apply to every group member. You will see there is also the option to assign individual feedback to different group members.<\/p>\n<p>If you use the <strong>Full Grade Centre<\/strong> and then <strong>View Grade<\/strong>, clicking the <strong>Grade Group Attempt<\/strong> button will let you assign feedback to all group members. From here, over in the bottom right of the screen, you can see a space to assign individual feedback if required.<\/p>\n<p>Once graded, group members can then see feedback that applies to themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many times when students work in groups on an assignment. Blackboard allows you to set up group work, including group submissions. 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