Wiki Page, Sandbox Kevin: [MODULE 5] Organizing Students Into Groups

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2023-08-31T11:12:28-06:00

Canvas also allows instructors organize and manage theirs students within GROUPS.

Ways Groups Can Function in Your Class

When you create a group, you are essentially creating a digital space for those students to collaborate and communicate. Here are some ideas on ways you can leverage groups in your course:

Create Study Groups
Each Group has its own announcements feature, discussions area, content pages, space for files, opportunities to hold conferences and participate in real-time collaboration. This could be a great space for students to communicate and work together on group projects.

Create Group Assignments
Under assignment settings, there is an option for group assignment. Instead of all students having to submit an assignment, Canvas will allow one person from each group to submit on behalf of their team. As an instructor, you can choose to grade the assignment as a group (all members will receive the same grade) or individually.

Create Small Group Discussions
If you have a big class, it might be break your discussions into groups to have a more intimate and deeper conversation. Only the members of the group will see and respond to their group's post (even though all students are posting to the same discussion topic).

You can create your groups and assign students manually or automatically. Or, choose to allow students to self-select into the group of their choice.

To view videos about groups, click to watch Group Creation and Management for Instructors (Video) and Group Creation and Interaction for Students (Video).

The following tutorials provide additional details about Groups:

What are Student Groups?

How do I view student groups as an instructor?

How do I view my Canvas groups as an instructor?

How do I create a new group set?

How do I clone a group set?

How do I edit a group set?

How do I automatically create groups in a group set?

How do I manually create groups in a group set?

How do I expand and collapse groups?

How do I create self sign-up groups?

How do I automatically assign students to groups?

How do I manually assign students to groups?

How do I assign a student leader to a group?

How do I message students who have not signed up for a self sign-up group?

How do I prevent students from switching groups in self sign-up groups?

How do I move a student into a different group?

How do I view student activity within a group as an instructor?

How do I delete a group set?

How do I start a collaboration with a student group as an instructor?