You do not have to use the self-enroll feature that is used in the video.  The steps below demonstrate how to choose students yourself. Faculty - How2 Use the Groups Feature in D2L Brightspace By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to... Assign students to groups for forums, assignments, and lockers. Create one grade item for a group assignment. 1. Select "Groups" from the Communications dropdown. You will need to be in the course in which you would like to use the groups feature to see the Communications dropdown. 2. Select "New Category". 3. Fill out the title of the category. Some suggestions could be "Week 1 Discussion" or "Group Report". 4. Choose "Enrollment Type" from the drop-down menu and enter any additional information related to the type you chose. For example, if you chose "# of Groups" then you will need to enter the desired number of groups in the box below the drop-down menu. 5. Under "Additional Options" expand the options, if it is collapsed, and select which areas you wish this group to use from discussion areas, lockers, and assignments. If you select discussion areas you will need to select an existing or create a new forum and topic. If you select assignments you will need to select an assignment type, typically this is left set to "File submission". 6. When you are done creating your group, click the Save button. 7. If you selected to create group discussions you will now see a window to select some options for creating the group discussion topic. Click "Create and Next". 8. If you selected to create group assignments you will now see a window to select some options for creating the group assignment(s). Create your assignment(s) and click "Create". 9. You should now see a Workspace Summary which shows how many discussion topics, lockers, assignments were created based on the settings you chose. Click "Done".  10. You should now be on a screen that allows you manage the groups you've created. Click on the down arrow to the right of the group category name and click "Enroll Users".  11. If you selected an option that does not auto enroll users you should now see all of the enrolled users in the course and you can use the checkboxes to enroll users in specific groups. Once you are done click "Save".

Faculty - How2 Attach a Release Condition By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to... Define a release condition. Explain the various types of release conditions. Attach a release condition to an item in your course. What is a release condition? Release conditions are used to release items when a condition is met.  Some of the conditions are based upon an action the learner must do, and some of the conditions are based upon actions the learner has not yet completed.   You can use a release condition for the following action items: achievement based, such as earning an award, achieving a competency, or completing an objective task based, such as completing a checklist, assignment, quiz or survey enrollment based, such as being enrolled in a group or section instructor based, such as upon completion of grading a submission 1. Choose the item in which you would like a release condition, and select "Edit Properties In-place". 2. Click "Add Dates and Restrictions" and select "Create" or "Browse" under Release Conditions. 3. Choose the release condition you would like to apply, and click "Create".

Create a Badge Create a Certificate Manually Issue an Award Add a Release Condition to an Award Revoke an Award

You may find that you would like students to keep a journal or blog.  You can use D2L to do so by following the steps in the video.

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