Add or Remove Students from a Group

Relevant to: faculty, adjunct instructors, and staff

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Introduction

This article is intended to guide Faculty and Adjunct Instructors on the process of verifying student enrollment in groups. This is a critical process to complete before the start of each term and to complete after the Add/Drop period to ensure all students are enrolled into a group.

Manage Groups Page

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List of Steps to Access the Page

1. Select Tools on the course navbar to open a drop-down box of options.
2. Select Groups to open the Manage Groups page.

Features Found on the Manage Groups Page

On the Manage Groups Page, the following can be found:

1. The New Category button.
   • This button is used to create a new category of groups.
2. The View Categories drop-down menu.
   • This drop-down menu allows users to select a group category from the menu.
3. The Edit Categories link.
   • This link allows developers to edit the group category
     • Note: Once a group category has been created, the following settings cannot be edited: 
       • Enrollment Type
       • Number of Groups
       • Restrict Enrollments
4. The Email and Delete buttons
   • These links allow emails to be sent to the groups that are shown in the table just below.
5. Groups Table
   • This table will display the groups associated with whatever group category is being displayed in the View Categories drop-down menu. This table will display the following:
     • The name of each group
     • The number of members in each group
     • The Assignments that have been associated with the group category
     • The Discussions that have been associated with the group category

Adding and Removing Students from Groups

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List of steps

1. Select the Group Category that needs to be edited from the View Categories drop-down menu.
2. Select the Carrot located just to the right of the Edit Category link and select the Enroll Users option from the menu.
   • By default, every group within that category is displayed, allowing instructors the ability to view every student and which group they are enrolled in.
   •  Note: students who are enrolled in a group, will have an I.D. Badge logo appear just to the right of their name
3. If a student needs to be enrolled in a group, select the cell in the row that has the student's name and the column the student should be enrolled in.
   • Note: the top row will display each of the groups as well as the number of students in each group; this is helpful to ensure each group has an equal number of students.
4. Select Save to retain the updated student enrollments.