Moodle: Using Groups

1. Open your Moodle course.
2. Click Participants. 
3. Select Groups from the drop-down menu.

4. Click Create Group.
5. Enter a Group name, and optionally a Description and picture. (Group name cannot be edited once you've added members.)
6. If self-enrollment is enabled for the course (uncommon), enter an Enrollment key to enable students to ALSO self-enroll for the group using that key.
7. Select a Group membership visibility level:
   • Visible. All students can see the group and who its members are.
   • Only visible to members. Only students in the group see it and who are members are. 
   • Only see own membership. Only students in the group can see it, and they can't see who the other members of the group are. 
   • Hidden. Students can't see the group (even if they are members).

8. If you chose Visible or Only visible to members, you have two additional options:
   • Check Show group in dropdown menu for activities in group mode to enable group members to select a group when viewing an activity with Visible groups. (See Group settings for Activities, below.)
   • Change Group messaging to Yes to enable group members to message each other using Moodle's built-in IM platform (see Moodle: Message course participants)
9. Click Save Changes.

1. Open the Moodle course. 
2. Click Participants.
3. Select Groups from the drop-down menu.

4. Click Auto-create groups.
5. Create a Naming scheme by typing in a name, plus # to number the groups or @ to letter them. For example, typing Group # creates groups named Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, etc.
6. Set Auto create based on to:
   • Number of groups and enter that number in the Group/member count field - OR -
   • Number of members and enter the number of members per group in the Group/member count field.
7.  Click Select members with role and choose the role you want to auto-allocate (for example, Registered student). You can manually add people with a different role to groups after they are created if needed. 
8. Select an Allocate members option:
   • No allocation. Moodle creates the groups, but does not assign students to them. 
   • Randomly (default). Moodle randomly assigns students to groups.  
   • Alphabetically(first name, last name),Alphabetically (last name, first name) or ID number. Moodle sorts Participants with the selected role according to the method chosen, then groups them. 
9. If you chose Number of members as the auto-create basis, check Prevent last small group to add one member to a few groups so that no group is too small.
10. Check Ignore users in groups to exclude participants who are already members of other groups.
11. Click Submit.

If you just created groups, skip to step 4. 

1. Open your Moodle course.
2. Click Participants. 
3. Change the drop-down menu to Groups.
4. Select a group, then click Add/Remove Users.

5. To add members: 
   1.  Highlight a name in the Potential members field. (Press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) while clicking to select multiple people.)
   2. Click  Add to move the highlighted people to the Group members field.
6. To remove members:
   1. Highlight a name in the Group members box. (Press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) while clicking to select multiple people.)
   2. Click Remove  to move them to the Potential members field.
7. Click Back to Groups. 

1. Open the Moodle course. 
2. Toggle the Edit mode switch to on.
3. Click  (Edit), and select  Edit section. 
4. Click Restrict access to expand it, then click Add restriction.
5. Click Group, then select the group using the drop-down menu. 

6. To add additional Groups:
   1. Click Add restriction, then Group again.
   2. In the first sentence, change "Student must match ALL" to Student must match ANY".
   3. Select a second Group. 
   4. Repeat until all Groups who should have access are listed.
7. Click Save and Display.

1. Click on the resource. 
2. Click Settings
3. Click Restrict access to expand it, then click Add restriction.
4. Click Group, then select a group using the drop-down menu.

5. To add additional Groups:
   1. Click Add restriction, then Group again.
   2. In the first sentence, change "Student must match ALL" to Student must match ANY".
   3. Select a second Group.
   4. Repeat until all Groups who should have access are listed.
6. Click Save and return to course.

1. Toggle Edit mode on.
2. Create a collaborative activity (Forum, Database, Glossary or Wiki) if you haven't already.
3. Click the group icon next to the activity

4. Select the appropriate option: 
   • No groups (default). All participants view and contribute to the same forum, database, glossary or wiki. 
   • Separate groups. Each group has its own forum, database, glossary or wiki and members can only see what is posted there. 
   • Visible groups. Each group has its own forum, database, glossary or wiki; all participants can view them, but can only post to their own group's space.

1. Click on the Assignment to open it.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Group submission settings to expand it. 
4. Change Students submit in groups? to yes.
5. Click Save and return to course.