Sort Students into Groups Automatically
- From the People tab in Canvas, select +Group Set.
- Name the group set. ex. Groups for Assignment 1.
- Select "Split students into __ groups".
- Enter the number of groups you want to make.
- Canvas will automatically assign students into groups of the same size.
Assign Students to a Group
- From the People tab in Canvas, select +Group Set.
- Name the group set. ex. Groups for Assignment 1.
- Select the option "I'll create groups manually" and save.
- You will be automatically re-directed to the new tab for your group. Here, you can create groups within the group set and assign students to the groups.
- To create a group, select +Group, name the group and indicate the maximum number of students.
- Assign students to groups by dragging their names from the Unassigned Student columns into a group. Click the group name to see a list of students in a group.
Allow Students to Make Their Own Groups
- From the People tab in Canvas, select +Group Set.
- Name the group set. ex. Groups for Assignment 1.
- Select "Allow self sign-up".
- There is an option to create groups now and limit the number of students in a group. You can enter values into these fields or leave them blank.
- If you want to have a group leader for every group, select an option under the Leadership options.
- Hit Save.
- You will redirected to you new group tab. Students can go into this tab and assign themselves to groups. If you choose not to pre-make the groups, they will be able to create their own groups here as well.
Create an Assignment for a Group
You can either create a new assignment or edit the settings of a pre-existing assignment to make it a group assignment.
- In the assignment's settings, select "This is a Group Assignment".
- Choose whether to assign a single grade to the whole group or assign grades to each student individually.
- Choose a group set.
- Save changes.
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