When creating or editing a group, the instructor may select among several group tools in the Tool Availability section.
The following is a description of the available tools:
- Blogs - students in the group can create blog entries and add comments to share ideas. Instructors can grade group blogs, but once a group blog is set to be graded, it cannot be changed back to non-graded.
- Collaboration - students in the group can create and attend real-time chat or virtual classroom sessions.
- Discussion Board - students in the group can communicate and create/manage their own forums. This group discussion board is available only to its group members, not to all students in the course.
- Email - allows group members to send email to each other within the course. A copy of emails are sent to the sender by default.
- File Exchange - group members and instructors can use this tool to upload documents to the group area. All group members and the instructor can add, download and delete files, regardless of who added them.
- Journal - students in the group can share thoughts and communicate with the instructor. Journal entries made in the group journal are visible to all group members and the instructor.
- Tasks - group members can define and separate the workload into tasks, while distributing the list to the entire group. Each task has a status and a due date to help keep members on track.
- Wiki - Wikis are used to create a collaborative space that group members can view, contribute, and edit content. By default, group wikis can be read by all course members, but only members of the group can comment or alter a its wiki page.
The selected tools will then appear to the students in the Group Tools module of the group's homepage.
For more information about Blackboard groups, please visit
http://www.uhd.edu/computing/ttlc/training/documents/bblearn/Groups.pdf
Contact UHD Blackboard Support at 713-221-2786 for support with online course components.
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