CIRT, University of North Florida

**Note: This tool is no longer available in Blackboard.

The Advanced Group Management feature provides a streamlined method to manage groups of students in your courses. As an alternative to Blackboard's "Manage Groups" function, Advanced Group Management is an all-in-one location where you can create/remove groups, add/remove group members, and configure group functions, such as a group discussion board and file exchange.

Click on Advanced Group Management in the Course Tools area of the Control Panel:

From the Advanced Group Management, Instructors are able to add new groups, remove groups, configure groups and assign students to groups:

Students can access their assigned groups from the Communication button in the menu, by clicking Group Pages.