Creating an Automatically Assigned Group Set

Creating An Automatically Assigned New Group Set

Click Groups in the top navigation.

In the course top navigation, the right red arrow is pointing to the Group tab.

 

Click New Group Set. Then choose Automatically Assign.

New Group Set dropdown menu with an arrow pointing to the Automatically Assign groups option.

 Be sure to put in a descriptive name for your group set.

For example

Example of a group set name, which is called Group Project Presentation.

 

Once you choose Automatically Assign, choose the number of members you want in each group, then click on Enroll Members.

Automatic Enrollment options page with an arrow pointing to the number of members in each group and an arrow pointing to the box where you enter in your desired number of members for each group.

 

The groups have been automatically created. Click Save to save your group set. 

Group sets showing number of students of each group with an arrow pointing to the Save button.

 

The groups are automatically created and the students are randomly placed in one of the groups.

By default, the group set will be hidden from students, which means they will not be able to access their group. Select Visible to Students when you want your students to access these groups. 

Arrow pointing to the Visible to Students option to make groups visible in a course.

The drop down menu on the main Manage Groups page will show the number of students in each group. Instructors can also email their groups from this page.

Main Manage Groups page with arrow pointing to the email image to show that groups can be emailed directly from this page.

 

 

 

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