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    Group Collaboration Activities

    How to create and manage groups for discussions and assignments (groups must be created before students make posts, or submit assignments)

    How to Create Groups

    Step 1

    Create a Grouping (groups must be created before students upload assignments)

    1. Go to the Moodle course.

    2. Go to Admin gear (top right corner) > Course administration > Users > Groups.


    3. Select Groupings from the dropdown menu. 
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    4. Click on Create grouping.


    5. Enter a Grouping name (e.g., Collaboration grouping).


    6. Click Save changes.

     

    Step 2

    Create Groups

    1. Go to Admin gear > Course administration > Users > Groups.


    2. Click on Auto-create groups (alternatively, manually construct the groups by clicking Create Group)


    3. Set the Naming scheme.
      • Use @ for A, B, C... and # for 1, 2, 3...


    4. Create any number of groups or groups with any number of students.


    5.  Define the Group/member count


    6. Select the Grouping created in Step 1.


    7. Select Preview to make sure your groups look right.




    8. Click Submit.


    9. Select Overview from the dropdown menu to see the groups.
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    10. If needed, copy and paste the grouping details to announce the groups.
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    Add or Remove Group Members

    Step 1

    Go to the Moodle course, and click on Admin (Gear Icon) > Course administration > Users > Groups.


    Step 2

    Click the Group to modify.


    Step 3

    Click Add/remove users.


    Step 4

    Using the Add and Remove buttons, edit the group members as desired. 


    Step 5

    Click the Back to groups button once the changes have been made.

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    Create the Group Collaboration Forum

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    If you would like every activity and forum to have separate groups, see Splitting the Class instead.


    Step 1

    Go to the weekly section where you’d like to create the activity. Scroll down and click on Create learning activity and select Discussion Forum.


    Step 2

    Go to Common module settings to add the group setup. 


    Step 3

    Set the Group mode to Separate groups, so students cannot see posts from other groups.

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    Note

    If you want students to see posts from other groups, set Group mode to visible groups.


    Step 4

    Set the Grouping from the Grouping dropdown. 


    Step 5

    Finish configuring the forum as needed and click on Save and return to course or Save and display.

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    Create a Group Collaboration Assignment

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    If you would like every activity and forum to have separate groups, see Splitting the Class instead.


    Step 1

    Go to the weekly section where you’d like to create the activity. Scroll down and click on Create learning activity and select Assignment.


    Step 2

    In the right menu panel, look for Common module settings and click to open the dropdown menu.


    Step 3

    In Group Mode, select Separate Groups or Visible Groups, depending on your needs. Then, choose the Grouping from the Grouping dropdown menu.


    Step 4

    Look for Group Submission Settings, click on it to open the menu, and make sure the options are correctly set. 


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    Note

    If students submit in groups, one student will submit the assignment, and their submission will show for all students in the group. When faculty grades that submission, all group members will receive the same grade.


    Step 5

    Finish configuring the assignment as needed and click on Save and return to course or Save and display.

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    Grading Group Assignments

    Step 1

    To grade the assignments, go to your course page and click the link to the assignment activity you want to grade. The Assignment page will open, showing the Grading summary and Submission status.


    Step 2

    Click View/grade all submissions. The Assignment submissions page will open.

     

    Step 3

    From the Separate groups or Visible groups dropdown menu, select a Group to grade. The page will reload to show only the students from that Group.

     

    Step 4

    Click the Grade icon next to a specific student's submission from the Group. The submission grading page will open.

     

    Step 5

    Provide a grade and feedback comments as you would normally. 

     

    Step 6

    If you would like your grade and feedback to only be provided for an individual student, under Group submission settings, set the Apply grades and feedback to the entire Group setting to No. If set to Yes, the same grade and feedback will be applied to all students in the Group.

     

    Step 7

    Scroll down to the bottom and click Save changes.

     

    Step 8

    When reviewing the Assignment, the grade has been applied to the students who belong to the Group.

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    Splitting the Class

    If a class has a significant amount of students, you may want to split it up so you can grade groups separately for every activity. To make every activity in the course, including the grade book, separate, set the course settings to group mode.

    Step 1

    Inside the Moodle course, go to Admin Gear > Course Administration > Settings


    Step 2

    Under the Groups accordion, set the Group mode to Separate groups.

    Step 3

    Set the Default grouping you set up.


    Step 4

    Confirm your course settings by clicking the Save and display button.


    Step 5

    You can change what Group you want to grade in a forum, activity, open grader, or gradebook.
    Select the dropdown menu to change groups.

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    Gradebook:
     


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