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Make Small Groups
Objective: To set up some small groups so that people are assigned to a group and they discuss together (via Bb) various topics you place in the Discussion Board for the Groups Area of Bb.
 
Create the Small Groups:
  1. Go to the CONTROL PANEL of your course.
  2. Click on MANAGE GROUPS hyperlink.
  3. Click ADD GROUP button.
  4. Give the Group a NAME.
  5. Write in a description, if you like (you don't HAVE to do that).
  6. Check the box beside GROUP DISCUSSION BOARD AVAILABLE
  7. Hit the SUBMIT button (at the bottom of the page).
  8. Hit the OK button.

Assign Members to a GROUP:

  1. Go to the CONTROL PANEL of your course.
  2. Click on MANAGE GROUPS hyperlink.
  3. Click the MODIFY button beside the group you want to work within.
  4. Click the ADD USERS TO GROUP hyperlink.
  5. Hit the LIST ALL tab.
  6. Hit the LIST ALL button.
  7. Check the box beside the names of the students you want in that group.
  8. Hit the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page.

To Add a DISCUSSION to a Group:

  1. DON'T do this in the Control Panel. You do this from the very front of your course, from the normal Course Navigation Menu that students use.
  2. Click the COMMUNICATION link or button on the Navigation menu (or you can make the GROUP PAGES its own link in the Navigation Menu, if you like...I'll tell you how to do this, later).
  3. Click the GROUP PAGES hyperlink.
  4. Click on the name of the group you want to work in.
  5. Click on the GROUP DISCUSSION BOARD hyperlink.
  6. Click the ADD FORUM button.
  7. Type in a TITLE for the Discussion Forum.
  8. Type in a DESCRIPTION for the Discussion Forum.
  9. Check the Settings boxes you like.
  10. Hit the SUBMIT button.
  11. Then click the title of the Discussion Forum you just created.
  12. Hit the ADD NEW THREAD button.
  13. Type in a SUBJECT.
  14. Type in a MESSAGE.
  15. Hit the SUBMIT button

You have to do steps 1-15 for each group. Fun!

To make a direct link to the GROUP PAGES from your course Navigation Menu:

  1. Go into the CONTROL PANEL.
  2. Click the MANAGE COURSE MENU hyperlink.
  3. Click the ADD TOOL LINK icon.
  4. Choose the GROUPS choice from the drop-down menu.
  5. You can type in a name that you'd like that link called, if you like.
  6. Hit the SUBMIT button.
  7. Hit the OK button.
  8. Hit the OK button.
  9. Go back out to the entry page in your course (the place the students see).
  10. Hit the REFRESH button that is in the Navigation Menu for the course. Then you'll see the new link you added to the Course Navigation Menu area.