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Groups

Select groups

If the current course has groups, in all the options where users are listed you can change the group selection and then click on Update users to update the list. By default the groups to which you belong are selected. You can join other groups in USERS > Groups. When selecting groups, you can click on All groups to activate all or deactivate all (if enabled).

The options where you can change the group selection are:

• ASSESSMENT > Projects > Search
• ASSESSMENT > Tests > Results
• ASSESSMENT > Games > Results
• FILES > Homework
• USERS > Students
• USERS > Teachers
• USERS > Attendance > Show one event
• USERS > Attendance > List attendance
• MESSAGES > Write
• MESSAGES > Email
• STATS > Logins > Visits to course

Join groups

You can join (or delete from) groups by selecting them in USERS > Groups and then clicking on the button under the group list labelled as:

• Enrol in groups, if you are not already enrolled in any group
• Change my groups, if you are already enrolled in a group

If you are a student in the course, you can only register in (or delete from) open groups, marked with an open green padlock.

Create groups

To create or edit groups in a course you must be logged as teacher in that course. Go to USERS > Groups and click on the Edit icon (pencil) in the upper left corner of the Groups box.

• First create group types (USERS > Groups > Edit). Examples: Lectures, Practicals, Lab, Tutorials.
  • For each type of group, you must indicate the type of enrolment:
    • Mandatory or voluntary
    • Single or multiple
  • You can also set a time to automatically open the groups of a type.
• Once types of group are created, create groups (USERS > Groups > Edit). Examples: A, B, 1, 2, Mondays 13-15h.
  • You can limit the number of students.
  • You can open groups for the students to sign up.
  • You can enable file areas for groups (for documents, private files or shared files).
• Once the groups are created, you should join some of them:
  • To set your favourite list of default groups to list students.
  • To be able to enrol students into groups.

Edit groups

Group types and groups already created can be edited by teachers at any time by clicking the Edit icon (pencil) in the upper left corner of USERS > Groups.