You can create Groups within your course to create special work areas where learners can discuss, share, and submit work as a group/precept.- Log in to brightspace.ptsem.edu and go into your course.
- Click on “Course Tools” on the blue Navbar to find “Groups.”
- Click to “Create a new category.” Add a Category Name.
- 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.
- Under “Advanced Properties,” you can add an Expiry Date for students to enroll.
- It is also possible to set up “Discussion Areas” or “Assignment Submission Folders” for the groups under “Additional Options.”
- Click “Save.”
- 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.
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