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Groups - Create a Group Set
The Groups tool allows Instructors to organise students into Groups of any size. Instructors can provide communication and collaboration tools that only Group members can access. Groups can be created one at a time or in sets. Groups can be designated as Self-Enrol, allowing students to add themselves to a Group, or Manual Enrol, allowing the Instructor assign students to a Group.
1. From Control Panel select Users and Groups > Groups
2. Select Create Group Set.
3. Select Self-Enrol, Manual Enrol or Random-Enrol
Manual Enrol
4. Provide a name for the group.
[Optional] Provide a Description for the group.
5. Select Yes to make the group available.
6. Select the tools to make available to the group and choose to assign grades or not (where applicable)
Note: The above picture is the default tools selected.
[Optional] Select Allow individual Group members to personalize their Group space with personal modules such as My Calendar and What's New.
7. Select the number of manual groups you wish to create.
8. Select Submit
[Optional] Use the filter options to assist with group creation process.
9. Select the students from Items to Select then select the right arrow to add them to the Selected Items area.
[Optional] You can transfer students in and out of the group by selecting them and using the left and right arrows.
Repeat this process for each of the groups in the set.
10. Select Submit to create the groups.
Self-Enrol
4. Provide a name for the group.
[Optional] Provide a Description for the group.
5. Select No or Yes or Sign-up sheet Only to make the group available or not. If Sign-up Sheet Only is selected the group will remain unavailable to students and only show the sign up sheet.
6. Select the tools to make available to the group and choose to assign grades or not (where applicable)
Note: The above picture is the default tools selected.
[Optional] Select Allow individual Group members to personalise their Group space with personal modules such as My Calendar and What's New.
7. Provide a name for the sign-up sheet
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[Optional] Provide instructions for the sign up sheet.
8. Set the maximum number of members that can sign up.
[Optional] Select Show Members to allow students to see names of other members in a group before they sign up.
[Optional] Select Allow Students to sign up from the Groups listing page to allow the sign-up sheet to appear on the Groups listing page.
Note: Students can access the sign-up sheet from the group page within the mygrades area.
9. Select the number of self-enrolled groups you wish to create.
10. Select Submit to create the group
Random-Enrol
4. Provide a name for the group.
[Optional] Provide a Description for the group.
5. Select No or Yes to make the group available or not.
6. Select the tools to make available to the group and choose to assign grades or not (where applicable)
Note: The above picture is the default tools selected.
[Optional] Select Allow individual Group members to personalise their Group space with personal modules such as My Calendar and What's New.
7. Select either the Number of Students per Group (which will automatically determine the total number of groups needed) or Number of Groups (which will create the defined number of groups then divide the total number of students into a group)
8. Determine what to do with the students that remain (if student division doesn't result in equal group numbers). Select either Distribute the remaining members amongst the groups or Put the remaining members in their own group or Manually add the remaining members to groups.
9. Select Submit.