How do I add a sign-up list to a content area in my Blackboard module? (Staff)

• Information for Staff
• Creating a group set
• View students who have signed-up
• Editing the membership of the group

Sign-up lists - Information for Staff

A sign-up list is a tool to allow students to sign up for an activity, such as a workshop, revision session, seminar or tutorial group. It can be added to any content area in a Blackboard module.

If you are offering a choice of several sessions, a separate list will be needed for each instance. The Create Group Set tool allows you to create multiple lists quickly with just one operation.

Note: students can sign up to more than one list. Therefore, if you are offering students a choice of sessions, you may wish to group the lists in a folder with instructions telling them that they should only sign up for one of the available options.

Create a Group Set (e.g. for multiple seminar slots)

To create a sign-up list, follow these steps:

• From the Control Panel , click on Users and Groups and select Groups

• Click on Create > Group Set > Self-Enrol

• Add a name for the group e.g. Seminar sign up
• Select the Sign-up Sheet only option

• Untick all the Tool Availability options
• Untick Allow Personalization
• Add a name for the sign-up sheet e.g. Seminar Sign-up
• Add some instructions e.g. Please select ONE seminar group, dates and times are as follows
• Enter the max number of members who can sign up for the group
• Select if you would like students to see other members of the group before they sign-up
• Tick the box Allow students to sign-up from the Groups listing page
• Enter the number of groups you would like created
• Click Submit

To make the sign up sheet available to students:

• Navigate to the content area you are adding the link to
• Click on Build Content
• Click on Course Link

• Click Browse 
• The course map will open - browse to the page Groups and click to select it
• Add/ edit the Name and description
• Enter any date and time restrictions
• Click Submit

This will add a link from the content area to the sign-up sheets. When the students follow this link they will see the following screen:

If the click on the View Sign-up Sheet button they will be taken to the next screen where they can view your instructions and select their group:

 

View students who have signed-up

To view the students who have signed up to a list:

• Click on the sign up link
• Click on the link for the group you wish to see
• This will show the student view and include a list of all the students in the group

Editing the membership of the group

To manually add/delete members of the group:

• Click on the sign up link
• Click on the arrow to the right of the group name and select Edit Group
• Scroll to the bottom of the screen
• You will see all the users signed up to this group 
• To remove a user from this group, click on the cross icon
• To add a user to this group, select Add Users

For information to provide to your students, see How do I use a sign-up list in my Blackboard module?