Groups

Group Types

No Groups

Groups will not be used for this activity. This is the default setting.

Separate Groups

Groups will be used for this activity. Students can only see the content of their own group. The other groups and their content are not visible to them.

Visible Groups

Groups will be used for this activity. Students can see the content of their group and all the other groups, but can only interact with the content from their own group.

 

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Setting Up a Group

In Moodle, groups are set up for the whole course, but only impact those activities that are set to use groups. Groups can be changed throughout the course as needed.

Instructions
Auto-Create Groups
Create Group

Adding or Removing an Individual Student from a Pre-Existing Group

Adding a Student
  1. Log in to Moodle and enter your Moodle course.
  2. Click on Participants on the left-side column. 
  3. Click the Gear Menu on the right side near the top and choose Groups.
  4. Select the group you want to add the student to from the list of groups.
  5. Click Add/Remove Users on the right.
  6. On the resulting screen, find the student in the Potential Members list on the right and click to select them.
    • If your course has lots of students, they might not appear in the list. Use the search box below the box.
  7. Click Add.
  8. Repeat as necessary to add additional students.
  9. Click Back to Groups at the bottom of the page.
Removing a Student
  1. Follow steps 1-5 above.
  2. Locate the student in the Group Members list on the left and click to select them.
      • If your course has lots of students, they might not appear in the list. Use the search box below the box.
  3. Click Remove.
  4. Repeat as necessary to remove additional students.
  5. Click Back to Groups at the bottom of the page.