Ultra - Creating a Group Assignment

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Refer to Create Group Assignments for more information. Additionally, see Creating a Custom New Group Set and Creating a Randomly Assign New Group Set for step-by-step instructions for creating groups.

1. On the Course Content page, click the purple plus sign where you would like to create the new group assignment:

course content plus sign

2. Select “Create” from the dropdown menu:

create selection

3. Below “Assessment”, click “Assignment”:

assignment button

4. Within the assignment window, click the gear icon next to “Assignment Settings”:

assignment settings gear icon

5. Under “Details & Information”, click “Allow class conversations” if you would like students to have the ability to choose between communicating with their groups or with the class as a whole:

allow class conversations

6. Under “Additional Tools”, click “Assign to groups”:

assign to groups button

7. Next to “Group students”, indicate how you would like students to be split into groups in the dropdown menu. You may choose to customize groups, randomly assign groups, or allow students to self-enroll in groups. You may also reuse previously established groups:

group selection

8. When you have finished editing groups, click “Save”:

save button

9. Click “Save” again at the bottom of the Assignment Settings panel:

save button

10. If you would like to remove group settings from the assignment, open the Assignment Settings panel, hover over “Assigned groups”, and click the garbage bin to the right:

remove groups