How to Create a Group Assignment or SafeAssignment

This article is for faculty and staff who wish to learn how to create a Group assignment in HuskyCT Original Course View.

Group Assignments in HuskyCT

Group Assignments allow students to make one electronic submission via HuskyCT on behalf of the group they are a member of. Once one student has submitted, all of the members of the group will be recorded as having submitted, and they can see the assignment they was submitted for the group, but, unless the instructor has allowed multiple attempts, they can’t make an additional submission.

If an instructor has enabled multiple submissions, any member of the group can make the submission. In other words, if there are three students, Student A, Student B and Student C, if Student A made the original submission, that doesn’t prevent Student B from making the second submission.

When assessing grades for group assignments, the grade given for the group automatically populates to all of the members for the group. However, instructors can change the grades for individual students, and students only see the grade they receive.

Creating Group Assignments

The section assumes you have already created groups and enrolled your students in the appropriate group in HuskyCT. For more information on creating groups, see Creating Single Groups and Group Sets.

Go to the Content Area, Content Folder, or Learning Module where you want to post the Assignment for students to access
Choose Assignment from the Assessments drop-down menu at the top of the screen
Enter a Name for the Assignment
Type in Instructions if needed
Click Browse My Computer and select the file to attach
The box next to Due Date must be checked for the Due Date to take effect
Enter the Points Possible for the Assignment, then either add a rubric or continue to the next step
Click Submission Details to expand the submission details
1. Assignment Type:
  1. Select Group Submission to have one submission from a group
  2. Assign the desired groups by selecting or highlighting the group names and clicking the right facing arrow the move the groups from Items to Select to Selected Items
2. Number of Attempts: The default is Single Attempt, but you can choose Multiple attempts or Unlimited attempts
Plagiarism Tools: Optionally, enable SafeAssign to check for plagiarism
1. Check the first box to change the assignment into a SafeAssignment
2. Check the second box to allow students to view the SafeAssign originality report.
3. Check the third box if the assignment is a draft and there will be future SafeAssign submissions.
Optionally, click Grading Options. Choosing either one of these options will bring up additional fields to fill in. See Blackboard’s help for more information on Anonymous Grading or Delegated Grading.
Enter Display of Grades preferences.
1. The default settings are shown. Use the drop-down menus to choose other options. These settings can also be accessed from the assignment’s Grade Center column.
Set the Availability Dates.
Note: Make sure the Assignment is Available The boxes next to Limit Availability must be checked for the dates/times to take effect.
Click Submit to add the assignment to the course.