1. On the Control Panel, under Users and Groups, select Groups. You can also use the Groups Page link on the Course Menu if you have made it available.
Creating a Group
Each group has its own space, or homepage, with links to tools to help students collaborate. Only the instructor and the group members can access the group tools.
2. On the Groups page, click Create Single Group on the Action Bar.
3. Select Manual Enroll.
4. On the Create Group page, enter a group name and optional Description.
5. Select the Yes radio node to make the group available.
6. Next, select the tools you want this group to access.
7. If you check the checkbox under Module Personalization Setting, students will be able to add personal modules to the “Group Homepage.”
8. Select members in the Items to Select box that you’d like to add to the group and click the right-pointing arrow to add the highlighted names to the Selected Items box. To select multiple students at one time, hold down the CTRL key while clicking the names.
9. Click Submit.
When “Allow Personalization” is selected, a student may add personal modules to the “Group Homepage,” such as What’s New, My Calendar, and Needs Attention. Only the person who added the modules can view them. Students are not adding or deleting tools to the group.
