At the beginning of this chapter, we said that applying a group to different kinds of activities has different effects on those who can participate in, and see the activities. When you create a group, Blackboard creates a number of tools for that group, by default. In the following screenshot, you can see the Sandwalkers group page, and the tools that Blackboard automatically added to this group:
The exact tools available to a group depend upon how your Blackboard system is configured.
Note that Sally is a member of this group. Let's look at the group blog from a member's and non-member's point of view. First, here is the group blog from Sally's point of view:
Notice that Sally has a Create Blog Entry button. She can both create entries, and comment on entries. Next to her entry, Are the crabs molting?, you can see an icon for a pull-down menu, which enables the student to edit her own blog entry:
Now, let's look at the blog from a non-member's point of...