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Overview
This article will cover how to set up groups in a course offering.
Instructions
Groups are used when you want learners to see all content for a course, but be a part of a small group for a specific project or activity.
1. At the top of your course page, from the blue course navigation bar, click Groups. Note: If you do not see Groups in your blue navigation bar, select More to open the rest of the available tools.
2. On the Manage Groups page, click the blue button New Category.
3. Enter a Category Name and Description, if desired.
4. Select an Enrollment Type from the drop-down list. More information about the different Enrollment Types is available.
- Depending on the chosen Enrollment Type, enter the Number of Groups to create, the Number of Users per group, or both.
5. To apply a distinctive prefix to each group name and code in the category, enter it in the Group Prefix field. If you do not fill in this field, the prefix defaults to "Group".
6. Depending on the selected Enrollment Type, do one of the following:
- To automatically enroll users to groups, select Auto-enroll new users.
- To randomly place users in groups, select Randomize users in groups. If you do not choose this option, users are placed alphabetically based on the Classlist.
- To make the description of the groups visible to learners from within their groups, select Make category and group descriptions visible to group members.
- If you select an Enrollment Type that supports self enrollment, to set enrollment availability times, select the Set Self Enrollment Start Date and/or Set Self Enrollment Expiry Date check boxes and select dates from the mini calendar field.
- If you select Set Self Enrollment Expiry Date, but you want all learners who do not enroll before the expiry date to be enrolled, you can select Allocate unenrolled users after Self Enrollment Expiry Date to automatically, randomly and evenly distribute them into the available groups. This option adds group members beyond the capacity of groups, if applicable. The automatic enrollment recurs at a set interval after the expiry date to ensure that all learners are assigned to a group.
7. Under Additional Options in the Create Workspace area, you can select Set up discussion areas, Set up lockers, and/or Set up assignments.
8. Click the blue button Save. Group creation may take several minutes.