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Creating Groups in Brightspace
You can create Groups within
your course to create special work areas where learners can discuss, share, and
submit work as a group/precept.
1.
Log in to brightspace.ptsem.edu and go into your
course.
2.
Click on “Course Tools” on the blue Navbar to find “Groups.”
3.
Click to “Create a new category.” Add a Category Name.
4.
Under “Enrollment Type” you have the options to select whether
students can self-enroll and place other restrictions on the number and size of
groups. You can add a description to the entire category or, once the groups
are generated, you can click on any of them to add a description to individual
groups.
5.
Under “Advanced Properties,” you can add an Expiry Date for
students to enroll.
6.
It is also possible to set up “Discussion Areas” or “Assignment
Submission Folders” for the groups under “Additional Options.”
7.
Click “Save.”
8.
To make it easy for students to find their group options, you
can connect the group sign-up to the module where it would be appropriate for
them to sign up for a group. In the module, go to Content and “Create a Link”
or “Create a File” and add a quicklink for the Self-enrollment Groups. You can
add instructions on that page for when and how they should choose their group.
To see this information in more
detail, see this link.