Groups
Groups in the top navigation bar and Group Spaces – 3900.71
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors, Students
Related topic: Group Spaces for Instructors, Groups for Students
Groups are essential for fostering collaboration, promoting active learning, and deepening understanding of course material. In the past, instructors could define groups and group sets. Instructors could also create group assessments. This release includes improvements aimed at helping all users make better use of groups.
We've moved Groups from the Details & Actions menu to the top navigation bar. This improves the visibility and prominence of Groups.
Image 1: Groups in the top navigation bar of a course
This release also introduces a new feature for Groups: Group Spaces. This first milestone of Group Spaces provides a list of all assessments by group.
From Manage groups, instructors still have access to:
- Group lists
- Show Members
- Group management options
To access a Group Space, instructors should select Enter Group Space from the group’s three-dot menu.
Image 2: Instructor view - Access to Group Spaces from Group Management
Instructors can access Group Spaces from the three-dot menu from Manage Groups.
Image 3: Instructor view - Group Space for a group with a list of assessments
Students can access their assigned groups on the Groups landing page. From there, students can view all student members of their group.
Image 4: Student view - Group list, showing members of the Futures Group
To access a Group Space, students should select the group's name. Once in Group Spaces, students can access all assessments aligned to their Group.
Image 5: Student view – view of a group assessment from Group Spaces
Future milestones will include synchronous communication and project management tools for students.
For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed.