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A teacher can organise users into groups within the course or within particular activities.

Creating a group

To create a group

Click the 'Create group' button in Settings > Course administration > Users > Groups
Add a group name and optional description (displayed above the list of group members on the participants page), enrolment key and picture (displayed on the participants page and next to forum posts)
Click the 'Save changes' button
Click the 'Add/remove users button
In the "Potential members" list, select the users you want to add to the group. Multiple users may be selected using the Crtl key.
Click the Add button to add the users to the group

Auto-create groups

Groups may be created automatically via the 'Auto-create groups' button in Settings > Course administration > Users > Groups.

Specify and Group/Member count work together.

You can specify if you would like to create

x number of Groups or
each group contain x number of students

When selecting Members per group the Prevent last small group will allocate additional members to an existing group rather then create a new group with fewer members than x.

A naming scheme can be created automatically. # is replaced by sequential numbers, and @ by letters. For example:

Group @ will create group with a naming scheme Group A, Group B, Group C . . .
Group # will create group with a naming scheme Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 . . .

Create in grouping and Grouping name allows you to create a new grouping and allocate the new autocreated groups to be created to it.

Prior to creating the groups, you can view the groups.

Groups overview

A overview of groups and groupings is available via the Overview tab in Settings > Course administration > Users > Groups.

The table may be filtered to display particular groupings or groups.

Using groups

Using groups on the course or activity level will allow the teacher to:

Completely isolate groups of students by sight and activity from each other.
Partially separate groups, where one group can see other groups and each groups' activity, but not interact with the other group(s).
Identify each group with an icon.

Group levels

A group or grouping can be used on two levels:

Course level - The group mode defined at the course level is the default mode for all activities defined within that course. This is determined in the course settings.

Activity level - Each activity that supports groups can also have its own group mode defined. If the course setting "Force group mode" is set to "Yes" then the option to define the group mode for individual activities is not available.

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Group modes

There are three group modes:

No groups - There are no sub groups, everyone is part of one big community
Separate groups - Each group can only see their own group, others are invisible.
Visible groups - Each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups. (The other groups' work is read-only.)

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-{{Course admin}}
+{{Grouping users}}
-The '''Groups''' feature allows a teacher to assign teachers and students to a group within a course. Participants in a course can belong to more than one group (Moodle 1.6 onwards).  Specific activities can be given to specific groups by the teacher.
+A teacher can organise users into groups within the course or within particular activities.
+==Creating a group==
-==Groups pre-1.9==
-The Groups edit page has three columns:
-* ''People in the course'' - both assigned and unassigned participants.
+To create a group
+#Click the 'Create group' button in ''Settings > Course administration > Users > Groups''
+#Add a group name and optional description (displayed above the list of group members on the participants page), enrolment key and picture (displayed on the participants page and next to forum posts)
+#Click the 'Save changes' button
+#Click the 'Add/remove users button
+# In the "Potential members" list, select the users you want to add to the group. Multiple users may be selected using the Crtl key.
+# Click the Add button to add the users to the group
+[[File:Create group.png]]
+==Auto-create groups==
-* ''Groups'' - A list of groups available for this course.
+Groups may be created automatically via the 'Auto-create groups' button in ''Settings > Course administration > Users > Groups''.
-* ''Members of selected group'' - When you select a group this column will display the members of that group
+[[File:Auto-create groups.png]]
-Underneath each column are the options for that column.
+'''Specify''' and '''Group/Member count''' work together.
-[[Image:000.jpg|frame|left|groups administration page]]
+You can specify if you would like to  create
-<br style="clear:both;">
+*x number of Groups or
+*each group contain x number of students
-To create new groups, type the group name in the text box and click the adjacent ''Add new group'' button. You can add a description to this group using the ''Edit group settings'' button.
+:When selecting '''Members per group''' the '''Prevent last small group''' will allocate additional members to an existing group rather then create a new group with fewer members than x.
-To add a participant(s) to a group you need to select their name in the first column (use shift or ctrl for multiple selections), select the group you wish to add them to from the centre column, and then click the ''Add selected to group ->'' button.
+A '''naming scheme''' can be created automatically.  # is replaced by sequential numbers, and @ by letters.  For example:
+*''Group @'' will create group with a naming scheme Group A, Group B, Group C . . .
+*''Group #'' will create group with a naming scheme Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 . . .
-To remove participants from a group, select the appropriate group to view members, select the participants to remove and click the ''Remove selected members'' button.
+'''Create in grouping''' and '''Grouping name''' allows you to create a new grouping and allocate the new autocreated groups to be created to it.
-==Group modes==
+Prior to creating the groups, you can view the groups.
-The group mode can be defined at two levels:
+==Groups overview==
-* Course level - the group mode defined at the course level is the default mode for all activities defined within that course. This is determined in the course [[Settings|settings]]
+A overview of groups and groupings is available via the Overview tab in ''Settings > Course administration > Users > Groups''.
-* Activity level - each activity that supports groups can also have its own group mode defined. If the course  setting "Force group mode" is set to "Yes" then the option to define the group mode for individual activities is not available i.e. there is no Groups icon [[Image:Groupn.gif]] next to activities on the course page.
+The table may be filtered to display particular [[Groupings|groupings]] or groups.
-There are three group modes:
-;No groups
+==Using groups==
-:There are no sub groups, everyone is part of one big community.
-;Separate groups
+Using groups on the course or activity level will allow the teacher to:
-:Each group can only see their own group, others are invisible.
-;Visible groups
+*Completely isolate groups of students by sight and activity from each other.
-:Each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups.
+*Partially separate groups, where one group can see other groups and each groups' activity, but not interact with the other group(s).
+*Identify each group with an icon.
-==Groups in Moodle 1.9 onwards==
+===Group levels===
-{{Moodle 1.9}}
+A group or grouping can be used on two levels:
-An attempt to add groupings to Moodle 1.8 was made; however, it was decided to remove this functionality until it can be better tested and integrated with other parts of Moodle (i.e. modules, gradebook, etc.). The initial interface has been modified so that groupings no longer appear as part of the user interface in Moodle 1.8.
+*Course level - The group mode defined at the course level is the default mode for all activities defined within that course. This is determined in the course settings.
-In Moodle 1.9, the concept of Groupings will be introduced: a way of organizing various groups in a hierarchical structure. While this approach may prove to be more powerful, using groups is no longer as intuitive. For example, a teacher teaches four sections of the same class. The teacher could have 4 groupings (i.e. one for each section). Within those sections the teacher could assign various students to various groups within the groupings.
+*Activity level - Each activity that supports groups can also have its own group mode defined. If the course  setting "Force group mode" is set to "Yes" then the option to define the group mode for individual activities is not available.
-=== How to add students to groups in Moodle 1.9 ===
+[[Image:forceNo.png]]
-To add students to a group, the teacher must follow these steps.
-# [[Create grouping|Create a grouping]]
-## Click the "Create grouping" button.
-## Enter the "Grouping name" and optionally a description.
-## Click the "Create grouping" button.
-# [[Create group|Create a group]] in the grouping
-## Select the title in "Groupings" that you just created.
-## Click the "Create group in grouping" button.
-## Enter the "Group name" and optionally a description.
-## Optionally, enter an Enrollment key. (If you define a '''group enrolment key''' then not only will entering that key let the user into the course, but it will also automatically make them a member of this group.)
-## Click the "Create group" button.
-# [[Assign users to group|Assign users to the group]].
-## Select the title in "Groups in: Groupings" that you just created
-## Click the "Add/remove users" button.
-## In the "Potential members" list, select the students you want to add to the group.
-## Click the arrow button that points towards the "Existing members" list.
-## That's all
-### Click the "Back to groups" button to return for more editing.
-### Click the "Participants" link to see the participants list and the pull-down menu to see "Separate groups."
-=== Screen shot (Beta Version?)===
+'''AND'''
-It looks slightly different now.
-[[Image:Groups_screenshot_18.jpg|frame|left|groups administration page]]
+[[Image:forceYes.png]]
-<br style="clear:both;">
-When the user clicks on the Add/Remove users button, they are brought to the [[Assign users to group]] page with a list of the potential users that can be added to the group. The user then has the option of hitting the return button to go back and view the groupings, groups in groupings and the members of the groups.
+===Group modes===
-===Orphan groups===
+There are three group modes:
-Groups can be created outside of groupings. A pseudo-grouping is provided as "Not in a grouping", and contains all groups that do not belong to any grouping (i.e. orphan groups). This functionality is there to handle imports of groups from previous versions or other sources. It is advised that all groups created using this interface are created within groupings.
+*No groups - There are no sub groups, everyone is part of one big community
+*Separate groups - Each group can only see their own group, others are invisible.
+*Visible groups - Each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups. (The other groups' work is read-only.)
 ==See also==
+*[[Upload users]] - for importing users into groups
-*[[Groups FAQ]]
+[[de:Gruppen]]
-*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=1490 Using Moodle: Groups] forum
-[[Category:Groups]]
 [[fr:Groupes]]
 [[ja:グループ]]
+[[pl:Grupy]]

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