Groups: Creating Groups

Overview

Groups tool is a feature that allows instructors to organize students into smaller teams or groups. This tool facilitates collaborative activities that can provide each group with a dedicated workspace for discussions, file sharing, and project submissions.

Before you create a new set of groups, you must set up a category and create restricted work areas for the groups.

Instructions

Group Category

  1. Click Groups, located on the course navigation bar.
    course navigation bar with Groups highlighted
  2. Click New Category.
    New Category button
  3. On the New Category page,
    1. Category Information
      1. Enter Category Name.
      2. Enrollment Type: # of Groups - No Auto Enrollments.
        • # of Groups - No Auto Enrollment or # of Groups - must be select when using a file to import group members.
        • Single use, member-specific groups - select for private journals.
          image of enrollment types: # of groups - no auto enrollments; Groups of #; # of Groups; Groups of # - Self Enrollment; # of Groups - Self Enrollment; # of Groups, Capacity of # - Self Enrollment; Single user, member-specific groups
      3. Number of Groups: select the desired type.
      4. Restrict Enrollments To: select the No restrictions if you want automatic enrollment to pull from class roster.
      5. Group Prefix: enter desired prefix (ex: Group).
        Category Information image
    2. Advance Properties
      1. Group Options: Make category and group descriptions visible to group member.
        1. Select this option if Create Workspace options are selected.
    3. Additional Options
      1. Create Workspace
        1. Set up discussion areas - typically used for the project only - not graded group discussions.
        2. Set up lockers - allows students to share files.
        3. Set up assignments - do not use.
          advance properties image
  4. Click Save
    save button
  5. Click OK
    Information: Group creation message image

 

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