Accessing Groups
You start the course groups creation process on the Course Content page. In the Details & Actions section under Course Groups, select Create and manage groups.
If you've already set up course groups, the menu shows the number of sets and groups. Click on Course Groups to access the page. All groups you've created appear on the Course Groups page. Group sets with no members also appear. At the top of the page, the numbers of groups sets and individual groups are listed. You can also create a new group set.
 | A. Select a heading to sort your groups or the number of members in ascending or descending order. B. Show or hide the groups in a group set. C. Access a group set's menu to edit or delete the group. D. View the number of members in each group out of the total number of students in the course. |
Creating Groups
With a group set, you can create multiple groups around a theme, such as a lesson, brainstorming, studying, or volunteering. With group sets, you can pair students based on certain attributes, situations, or tasks. You can create up to 99 groups in a group set.
When you create course groups for the first time or want to add a new group set, a partial list of your students appears on the New Group Set page in the Unassigned Students section. Select Show All to view the entire list.
You can also select the purple plus (+) below the student list to create a custom group and add students. If you already have course groups, select New Group Set on the Course Groups page.
You can divide your students among groups manually or choose how to form groups automatically:
- Randomly Assign: Choose the number of groups or the number of students to assign to groups
- Custom: Create a single or several groups
- Reuse working groups
Manage individual groups
After you create a group or a group set, you can add or delete individual groups and manage student membership. You can also edit group names and send messages to your groups to kick off collaboration!
Add and delete groups
Select the purple plus (+) sign wherever you want to add a group.
If you no longer need a group, access the group's menu and select Delete group. The students in that group are unassigned automatically and appear at the top of the page. You can manually assign these students to new groups. Or, you can randomly assign all students—not only the students you unassigned—to the number of groups you choose.
Manage student membership
Access the menu next to a student's name to access these options:
- Start a new group with the student as a member.
- Select Unassign to remove the student from the group. Unassigned students appear at the top of the page.
- Assign the student to a different group that already exists. Select the group's name in the menu. Groups with no members don't appear.
You can also move multiple students to a different group in one action, create a new group for them, or unassign them all from the group.
To remove all students from all groups, select Unassign All at the top of the page.
Grading a Group Assignment
After groups submit their assignments, you can start grading their work on the Grades page or within the course. Assign the same grade to the whole group or grade each team member's contribution separately if everyone didn't contribute equally. You can't change grade settings or group membership after you've started grading.
You can't enable anonymous grading on group assignments.
The feedback icon appears next to the group's grade pill. Select the icon to open the feedback panel, which persists on the side of the screen. You can scroll through the assignment and add overall feedback and a grade. You can also embed an audio/video recording of your feedback in the editor as you grade group submissions.
To view the group members, select the group title to access the list. You can also see which member submitted on behalf of the group.
Assign a different grade to group members
By default, a grade for a group assignment is the same for all group members. However, you can change an individual group member's grade if you feel their contribution earned a grade different from the group.
In the submission View, you can assign a grade for the whole group. Type a value in the Grade column. Or, you can assign a grade to a single group member. To assign a different grade to an individual in a group, expand the group list and type a value in the Grade column. The overall group's grade is shown as In Progress. The Post option doesn't appear because some students don't yet have grades for the assignment.
Similarly, after you assign a grade to the overall group, you can edit a group member's individual grade. Expand the list of group members and change a group member's grade as needed. The overall group's grade is shown as Multiple.
You can also assign different grades in the gradebook grid view. Select a group member's cell and all other group members are highlighted in the grid. Edit a group member's grade as needed. You have the option to apply this edited grade to everyone in the group.
