Manage groups guide

A Group choice activity allows students to enrol themselves into different groups within a module. Lecturers are able to select which groups students can choose from and the maximum number of students allowed in each group. Depending on the settings chosen, students may see which groups other users have chosen. 

The Group names must be created prior to using the Group choice activity.

1. Turn Edit Mode on.
2. Open the section where this activity should display.
3. Select Add an activity or Resource and choose Group Choice from the Activities tab.
4. Input a meaningful Name for the activity.
5. In the Description provide clear instructions to your students about the activity. Check the box alongside Display description on module page.
6. Under Miscellaneous settings:
   • Check Allow enrolment to multiple groups if you want to enable students to be part of more than one group.
   • Select how you want to Publish results for group choice. You can choose not to publish any results by selecting the Do not publish any results option from the drop-down menu, or choose to Show Results at different stages of the group choice.
   • The Privacy of Results can be specified if you choose to publish results. This allows you to publish anonymous results as well as results with details of the students.
   • Select Yes from Allow choice to be updated if you would like to allow students to update their choice after it has been made. Otherwise select No.
   • Select Yes from Show column for unanswered option if you would like to show a list of students who have not yet chosen a group. Otherwise select No.
   • If the Limit the number of responses allowed option is Disabled then any number of participants can select each of the group options.
     • If you wish to limit the number of people who can join a group, select Enable. To restrict all groups to the same number of participants, enter the number of people in the General limitation field and select Apply to all groups.
7. Under Groups, specify which groups participants can choose to be allocated to. The list on the left displays all Available Groups and groupings. To add one or more groups, select these from the Available Groups list and select Add Group. The selected group(s) will display on the Selected Groups list on the right.

   

   • If a limit for the number of students in each group has been set (under Miscellaneous settings), the limit will be displayed between brackets next to the group under Selected Groups.
   • If Limit the number of responses allowed is set to Enable, a limit for each individual group can be set by selecting the Group name in the Selected Groups column and entering the maximum number of participants in that group in the Limit for Group: input field.
8. To restrict the time period students are able to enrol themselves into groups check the box alongside Restrict answering to this time period and adjust the Open from and Until period.
9. Select Save and display to review the activity.

This screencast demonstrates how to allocate students to groups through group choice.