8. About the Group

What is a group?

This feature allows you to create groups that are valid only within the course and restrict access to specific items within the course—for example, by limiting access to activity modules or sections to only those groups.

How to Set Up a Group

How to create your own group

1. On the "Participants" page, click "Registered Users." From the menu, click "Groups"

2. Once the Groups page opens, click "Create group"

3. Configure the group settings. Once you're done, click "Save changes"

Settings for manually creating groups

• Group Name: The name of the group that appears in the course.

• Group ID number: This is the group ID used for integration with external systems.

• Group Description: This is the description of the group.

• Enrolment Key: This is the password used to enroll in the group. Students use this field when enrolling in the course themselves.

• Group Membership Visibility: Configure visibility settings for members within the group. The following options are available:

  • Visible to: All course participants can see all group members.
  • Only visible to member: You can view information only about members of the groups you belong to. You cannot view information about other groups.
  • Only see own membership: Participants can see which groups they belong to, but cannot view information about other users.
  • Hidden: Only teacher users can view the list of participants.

• New picture: You can upload an image for your group.

4. Once the group has been created, click "Add/remove users" to add participants to the group.

How to create groups automatically

1. On the Groups screen, click "Auto-create groups."

2. Configure the settings for automatic group creation.

Settings for automatically creating groups

• Naming scheme: Defines the group names. The "@" symbol is used for A, B, C, etc., and the "#" symbol is used for 1, 2, 3, etc., automatically assigning names based on the number of groups.

• Auto create based on: Determine whether to base the automatic generation on "Number of groups" or "Number of members per group."

• Group/Member Count: Set the values for "Number of groups" and "Number of Members per Group" as specified in the criteria.

• Group Messaging: Set whether to send messages using the message drawer.

• Select member with role: Select which role's members to assign.

• Select members from cohort: Select the cohort from which to assign members.

• Allocate members: Configure the rules for assigning members.

• Grouping of auto-created groups: Configure which grouping to assign automatically created groups to.

• Group Name: Set the name of the group.

3. Once you have finished configuring the settings, click "Preview" You can preview the contents of the automatically created group. If everything looks correct, click "Send"

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