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On this page:

• Overview
• Accessing groups
• Creating a group
• Revising a group
• Deleting a group

Overview

Groups are subsets of participants for a given project site. Course sites have Section Info as an equivalent option. 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:

1. In your site's menubar, click Site Info.
2. Click Manage Groups.

To access groups with the Worksite Setup tool, follow these steps:

1. Click My Workspace.
2. From the menubar, click Worksite Setup.
3. Click the checkbox next to the course for which you wish to manage groups, and from the top, click Revise.
4. Click Manage Groups.

Creating a group

To create a new group, follow these steps:

1. Access the groups area of your site (see above).
2. Click New.
3. In the "Title" field, enter a title for your group (e.g., Project team 1). You may also add a text description.
4. 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.
5. When you're finished, click Update.

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Revising a group

To revise a group, follow these steps:

1. Access the groups area of your site (see above).
2. Next to the group title, click Revise.
3. You may revise the "Title" and "Description" fields. You may also add or remove group members by clicking Add to group or Remove.
4. When you're finished, click Update.

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Deleting a group

To delete a group, follow these steps:

1. Access the groups area of your site (see above).
2. Next to the title of the group you wish to remove, click the checkbox to select Remove.
3. Click Remove Checked.
4. To confirm removal, click Remove.