We have what I assume is a building block in our installation of BB called “Batch Allocate Groups”.  This allows a CSV file to be uploaded.  This file consists of two fields (columns), the first being username and the second being group name.  Using Excel it is relatively easy/quick to populate the group name column with various group names e.g. these ten students are red group, these green group etc.  Uploading the CSV file both creates the groups and adds the users (users have to be already enrolled on the course).  I think (but it predates my involvement) that the building block originally came from the University of York.

Yours

Steve

Dr Stephen McKinnell

e-Learning Sub-Dean &

Director of the e-Learning Support Unit

Faculty of Medicine

The University of Liverpool

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From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Arthur Loughran
Sent: 28 April 2009 14:49
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Subject: Creating Groups In Bb

Hi,

I need to advise on how to create groups in a course to enable staff to use adaptive release.

The student numbers are approximately 1000 and we need varying groupings.  Is there an easy way of doing this?  I have the Advance Group Tool Building Block but that is still a lot of work for these numbers.  I am hoping that there is a "batch group create" option out there somewhere.

thanks,

Arthur Loughran

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Dr Anthony Leonard
System Integrator
Computing Service
University of York
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