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Sometimes it is useful to be able to identify students that are not in a group in Blackboard Learn Original. To accomplish this you can create a smart view in the Grade Center.

  1. In the Full Grade Center, click Manage on the Action Bar to access the drop-down list.
    click manage
  2. Select Smart Views.
    click smart views
  3. On the Smart Views page, select Create Smart View on the Action Bar.
    click create smart view
  4. On the Create Smart Views page, type a Name for the Smart View and add an optional Description.
    give smart view a name
  5. Select the Add as Favorite check box to make the Smart View a Favorite. The Favorite Smart View will appear in the Grade Center section of the Control Panel in the indented list under Full Grade Center.
    click add as favorite
  6. Select Course Group.
    • Under User Criteria select Group
    • Under Condition select “not Equal to”
    • Under Value select the groups– hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple groups. This will give a list of students not currently in any of the selected groups.  You can set the display of results to give you only the Grade Center columns you want to see.select course group, select "not equal to", select the groups using the control key

7. Select Submit.

Note: If the groups are changed then the smart view will need to be edited to reflect the group changes