Center for Teaching and Learning  Using the Group Tool in
Blackboard  While Blackboard offers a variety of collaborative
Web 2.0 tools in its "Groups" environment, we know that group
project success depends on more than just good technology.
Students fare best when they're taught how to successfully work
together in groups. On this page, you'll find resources for how
to create group areas in Blackboard as well as practical tips
for helping students be successful with group work.  Overview of
the Technology:  Blackboard allows you to create groups, which
are essentially areas in the course that provide collaborative
tools to discrete groups of students. Instructors can create
single groups or group sets and select which tools to make
available in them, such as a discussion board, blog, wiki, and
journal, a file exchange area and email functionality.
Instructors and TAs can choose to place students in particular
groups (manual enrollment), have them enrolled randomly by
Blackboard, or allow them to self-enroll.