Managing groups
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Overview
Groups are subsets of participants for a given worksite. Groups are
not preloaded with official course data, and can therefore be created
by the instructor. Groups are useful to organize study groups, project
teams, and other non-official subsets of worksite participants.
You can use groups with the following tools:
- Announcements: Post Announcements for your
group.
- Assignments: Post Assignments for your
group. However, you cannot add Assignments with group access into the
Gradebook.
- Message Center: Send Private Messages to your
group.
- Resources: Allow specific access to files and
folders for your group.
- Schedule: Schedule
events for specific groups only.
- Site Info: Manage your groups.
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Accessing groups
You can access groups with the Site Info and Worksite Setup
tools.
To access groups with the Site Info tool, follow these steps:
- In your site's menubar, click
Site Info
.
- Click
Manage Groups
.
To access groups with the Worksite Setup tool, follow these
steps:
- Click
My Workspace
.
- From the menubar, click
Worksite Setup
.
- Click the checkbox next to the course for which you wish to manage
groups, and from the top, click
Revise
.
- Click
Manage Groups
.
Creating a group
To create a new group, follow these steps:
- Access the groups area of your site (see above).
- Click
New
.
- In the "Title" field, enter a title for your group (e.g.,
Project team 1
). You may also add a text
description.
- From the window on the left, select a site participant to add to
the group, and then click
Add to group
. Repeat this step
until you've added all the members you wish to the group. To select
more than one member at a time, hold down the Ctrl
key
(in Windows) or the Cmd
key (in Mac OS
X), and select the members you wish to add.
- When you're finished, click
Update
.
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Revising a group
To revise a group, follow these steps:
- Access the groups area of your site (see above).
- Next to the group title, click
Revise
.
- You may revise the "Title" and "Description" fields. You may also
add or remove group members by clicking
Add to group
or
Remove
.
- When you're finished, click
Update
.
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Deleting a group
To delete a group, follow these steps:
- Access the groups area of your site (see above).
- Next to the title of the group you wish to remove, click the
checkbox to select
Remove
.
- Click
Remove Checked
.
- To confirm removal, click
Remove
.