Using Groups

Creating Groups from the course Home page

1. Under Home, Click Groups..

2. Select section(s) if applicable, number of groups, and minimum number in each group. Choose between Auto-populate groups or Manually populate groups, along with choosing between Assign students randomly or Assign students alphabetically. Click Create.

3. A dialog window will appear. Type the name of the group in the Group Name field. Arrange names by clicking and dragging a student's name to a different box if needed. Click the + icon to the right of the group name to add additional students. Click Save when finished.

If students are in different sections, the section number is shown after a student's name.

Creating Groups from course Dialog page

1. Click on New Discussion located towards the top right corner of the Dialogs page.

2. A New Discussion pop up will appear. Fill out the discussion
details. Required information is designated with a red asterisk.

3. Choose the desired discussion format and other options.
4. Add participants and/or set up groups by clicking on the Edit participants link on the Dialog tab (towards the bottom of the pop up) or select the Participants tab.

Select groups and click Save.

1. Create a New Assignment as normal. Click here for more information on creating an assignment.
2. In the assignment dialog box, click the Advanced Scoring tab.
3. Check Use Groups.
   

   

4. The option to Select groups will appear, click to view the Add/Edit Students pop up.
   

   

5. Select Add Group to assign students to a group(s) or use previously created groups. If creating a group, select section(s) if applicable, number of groups, and minimum number in each group. Choose between Auto-populate groups or Manually populate groups, along with choosing between Assign students randomly or Assign students alphabetically. Click Create when finished.
   

   

6. Check that groups have been created correctly, then select Save. If there are groups from multiple sections, student names will be followed by a section number.