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Manage Groups

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Groups are subsets of participants for a given site. Groups are not preloaded with official course data, and can therefore be created by the instructor. Groups are useful to organize study groups, project teams, and other non-official subsets of participants. Groups can be crated based on individuals or by role.

1 Accessing groups
2 To access groups with the Site Info tool
3 To create a new group
- 3.1 Create a new group manually
- 3.2 Auto Groups
4 To edit a group
5 To delete a group
6 Allowing site participants to see what Group they are in
7 Video
8 Things to Consider

[edit] Accessing groups

You can access groups with the Site Info tool.

[edit] To access groups with the Site Info tool

In your site's menubar, click Site Info.
Click Manage Groups.

[edit] To create a new group

To add an individual to a group click their name or role on the left, then the ">" arrow

[edit] Create a new group manually

This method allows an instructor to assign specif individuals and/or roles to a specific group.

In Site Info select "`Manage Groups'".
Click Create New Group.
In the "Title" field, enter a title for your group (e.g., Project team 1). You may also add a text description.
From the window on the left, select a site participant to add to the group, and then click Add to group. Repeat this step until you've added all the members you wish to the group. To select more than one member at a time, hold down the on Windows, on a Mac, and select the members you wish to add.
When you're finished, click Update.

Note: It is not possible to create a new group based on existing group (i.e., duplicate an existing group). Groups are subsets of participants for a given site. Groups are not preloaded with official course data, and can therefore be created by the instructor. Groups are useful to organize study groups, project teams, and other non-official subsets of participants.

[edit] Auto Groups

This method allows an instructor to create a group based on a role, for example all students or all TAs..

In Site Info select "`Manage Groups'".
Click Auto Groups.
Select which role(s) to draw members from
When you're finished, click Update.

[edit] To edit a group

Access the groups area of your site (see above).
Next to the group title, click Edit.
You may revise the "Title" and "Description" fields. You may also add or remove group members by clicking Add to group or Remove.
When you're finished, click Update.

[edit] To delete a group

Access the groups area of your site (see above).
Next to the group you wish to remove, check the box under Remove.
Click Remove Checked.
To confirm removal, click Remove.

[edit] Allowing site participants to see what Group they are in

Privacy Concern: Be Careful

This tool is designed to protect your privacy. Please consider the implications of sharing any information you choose to make available.

If students are put into groups by an instructor the Roster tool will disclose who is in that group to other members. This is often desired, but consider groups created for "Extra time on quizzes" or "Referred for academic misconduct". These are groups where the individual members should not know who else is a member of the group. In these situations the Roster tool should likely not be on, or contact the CTLET to discuss other options.

You can learn more about your privacy at Brock University at http://www.brocku.ca/accessandprivacy/

Instructors can allow site participants to see what group they are in by turning on the Roster tool.