Assignments and Discussions can be restricted to members of Groups
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. These can be set up during the Group creation process or configured separately through the specific tools.
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Assignments
Group Assignments require submission from a single member of a Group (although any additional members can
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submit), where grading of that submission is then applied to all Group members. These can be configured during the Group creation process but individual Assignments can also be designated as Group Assignments after the fact. This can be done in the Assignments tool.
Edit the Assignment to be set for Group submission.
Navigate to the Submission & Completion drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the Assignment editor.
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Change the assignment type to Group Submission, and choose the category of groups you’d like to assign the assignment to.
Upon completing editing the assignment and clicking Save and Close, the Category in the groups area should update, with the assignment now attached to the groups.
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Discussions
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Forums or Topics in the Discussions tool can have access restricted to only members of certain Groups. These can be configured during the Group creation process or via the Group and Section Restrictions tab.
Topic and Thread restrictions can also be set after Groups have been created directly in the Discussions tool.
Select a Forumor create a new one for the group Topic.
Click Add Topic for your desired forum.
In Topic editor, select Availability Dates and Conditions, then Manage Sections under Group and Section Restrictions You can then choose the group or section category to associate the topic
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with, as well as restrict users to only see threads from participants in their groups, or all threads.
Use the Restrict topic and separate the threads option if the Topic is being assessed within Brightspace. This will create a single topic where all groups will post, but students will only see posts from other members of their groups. Instructors will be able to see all posts and filter by groups. This method allows for grading each group through the same Topic, meaning there will only be one grade item. This makes for a simpler gradebook.
Upon completing editing the Topic and clicking Save and Close, the Category in the groups area should update, with the Topic now attached to the groups.
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this new group discussion.
