{"id":10577,"date":"2017-02-16T11:51:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T17:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=10577"},"modified":"2017-02-21T09:08:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:08:38","slug":"bb-tip-180-sign-up-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-180-sign-up-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #180: Sign-up Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are there times when you would like your students to sign-up for an activity where there are a limited number of places (e.g., student presentations on a specific class day, study groups, service learning project, office hours, etc.)? Blackboard has a sign-up sheet feature in the Group tool that can help you organize sign-ups for one-off events. With the self-enrollment option in the Group tool, students can add themselves to a group using a sign-up sheet. <\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><a title=\"sign-up\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/natureteknowledgy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Sign-Up-graphic.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/natureteknowledgy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Sign-Up-graphic.jpg?resize=340%2C260\" alt=\"sign up\" width=\"340\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The sign-up sheet functions like an electronic version of a paper sign-up sheet. You can make sign-up sheets available to students on the Groups listing page or by adding a link to a content area.<\/p>\n<h3>Want more information?<\/h3>\n<p>Step-by-step instructions are available in this <a title=\"add forum link to content area\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Create_Sign-up_Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Create Sign-up Sheet (PDF)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en-us.help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Interact\/Course_Groups\/030_Create_Groups\">Create and Manage Groups<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-106-working-with-groups\/\">Bb Tip #106: Working with Groups<\/a><br \/>\nExplore Blackboard\u2019s <a title=\"On Demand\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">On Demand Learning Center<\/a><br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Bb How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-documents\/\">Blackboard How-To documents<\/a><br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are there times when you would like your students to sign-up for an activity where there are a limited number of places (e.g., student presentations on a specific class day, study groups, service learning project, office hours, etc.)? Blackboard has a sign-up sheet feature in the Group tool that can help you organize sign-ups for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-180-sign-up-sheet\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #180: Sign-up Sheet\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[393],"class_list":{"0":"post-10577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blackboard","7":"tag-sign-up-sheet","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-2KB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13606,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-101-sign-up-sheets\/","url_meta":{"origin":10577,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #101: Sign-Up Sheets","author":"Janice Florent","date":"May 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Are there times when you would like your students to sign-up for an activity where there are a limited number of places (e.g., student presentations on a specific class day, study groups, service learning project, office hours, etc.)? 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