A Group of users available in an individual course.

Use a group when:

• You are teaching with other instructors and you want to be able to see your section only.
• You have activities and resources for a specific group of students, and you do not want other students to see them.
• You want your students to work collaboratively on activities and you want to be able to receive a group submission and give a group grade.
• You teach the same course to two different groups of students that meet on different days/times.
• You can have a group of 1 and restrict an assignment/activity to that one student.
• You can put students in multiple groups at the same time.
  • Instructors can set up different group memberships for different assignments/activities.
  • Groups of students can be assigned different activities.

All activities support groups except for Glossary.

• No groups – There are no sub-groups, all students are part of the same course.
• Separate groups – Each group can only see their own group, others are invisible.
• Visible groups – Each group works in their own group but can also see other groups. (The other groups’ work is read-only.)

1. Enter the course site.
2. Click “Participants.”

   

3. Click on the cog and select “Groups.”

   

4. Click on “Create Group.”

   

5. Enter a Group name and description and optionally:

• • Enrolment key – If you want students to enroll themselves in a group, write the key here and give the key to the students.
  • Group messaging – enables group members to send messages to other group members within Moodle.
  • Picture – you can upload a group picture for easy identification.

6. Save Changes

   

1. Enter the course site.
2. Click “Participants.”

   

3. Click on the cog and select “Groups.”

   

4. Click on “Auto-create Groups.”

   

5. Enter a Naming Scheme (use “#” for numbers and “@” for letters)
6. Auto create based on “Number of Groups” or “Members per Group.”
7. Enter the number of “groups” or “group members.”
8. Group messaging – enables group members to send messages to other group members within Moodle.
9. Select group allocation method.
   • Prevent last small group – if groups are created by allocating a certain number of members, select this box to prevent a group being created with a small number (the students will be allocated to different groups).
10. Submit

    

1. Enter the course site.
2. Click “Participants.”

   

3. Click on the cog and select “Groups.”

   

4. Select the Group.
5. Click “Add/Remove Users.”
   
6. Select the Member Name/s (Possible more than one at a time).
7. Click “Add/Remove”

   

Groupings are a group of individual groups.

To create a grouping:

1. Enter the course site.
2. Click “Participants.”
3. Click on the cog and select “Groups.”
   

Create groupings Manually or Automatically

To Manually Create a Grouping:

• Select the “Groupings” tab.
• Click on “Create grouping”
• Enter a Group name and description.
• Save Changes

To Auto-Create a Grouping:

1. Click on “Auto-create Groups.”
2. Enter a Naming Scheme (use “#” for numbers and “@” for letters)
3. Auto create based on “Number of Groups” or “Members per Group.”
4. Enter the number of “groups” or “group members.”
5. Group messaging – enables group members to send messages to other group members within Moodle.
   
6. Select “New Grouping.”
7. Enter a Grouping Name
8. Submit

1. Ensure that the course settings are set to show groups.
   1. Enter the Course.
   2. Click on the “Cog” and select “Edit Settings.”

      

   3. Select the “Group Mode” (It is possible to change the mode on individual tasks).
   4. Save and Display.
   5. 
2. Click on Grades.

   

3. Select the group to display.

   

1. Enter the course site.
2. Click “Edit.”

   

3. Click “Add an activity or resource.”

   

In the settings of the activity or resource, in the section “Restrict Access”:

4. Click “Add Restriction”

   

5. Select “Group”

   

6. Select the criterion.

   

7. Save

   

1. Ensure that the course settings are set to show groups.
   1. Enter the Course.
   2. Click on the “Cog” and select “Edit Settings.”

      

   3. Select the “Group Mode” (It is possible to change the mode on individual tasks).
   4. Save and Display.
   5. 
2. Click on Participants.

   

3. Select “Groups”

   

4. Select the Group Name
5. Click Apply Filters
   
6. Select all the members.

   

7. Select “Send a Message”