Groupings FAQ: Difference between revisions

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What is a grouping?

A grouping is a collection of groups. When you have made groups in a course you have the option of adding them to a grouping. A single grouping can house one group or several groups.

Note that since you can have a group of only one member, you can therefore have a grouping of only one member too, if you wish to restrict an activity to a single person in your course.

Groupings were designed to allow a selection of different sets of groups in each activity. See Groupings for an example scenario.

What is the difference between a group and a grouping?

A group is a set of users. A grouping is a set of groups.

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-{{Moodle 1.9}}==What is a grouping?==
+{{Grouping users}}
-A [[Groupings|grouping]], in Moodle 1.9 onwards, is a collection of groups. Groups normally exist within a grouping, but it is possible to create a group which doesn't belong to any grouping.
+==What is a grouping?==
+A [[Groupings|grouping]] is a collection of groups. When you have made groups in a course you have the option of adding them to a grouping. A single grouping can house one group or several groups.
-==What is the difference between a group and a grouping?==
+Note that since you can have a group of only one member, you can therefore have a grouping of only one member too, if you wish to restrict an activity to a single person in your course.
-See [[Groups versus groupings]].
+Groupings were designed to allow a selection of different sets of groups in each activity. See [[Groupings]] for an example scenario.
-==How do I enable the groupings feature?==
+==What is the difference between a group and a grouping?==
-By default, the groupings feature is disabled. To enable it, tick the enablegroupings checkbox in ''Administration > Miscellaneous > [[Experimental]]''.
+A group is a set of users. A grouping is a set of groups.
-A groupings tab will then appear on the [[Groups]] page.
-==Why is the groupings feature experimental?==
-When groupings were added to Moodle, in 1.9.0, it was an experimental feature, in other words it required additional testing and bug-fixing. This has since been done and groupings have proved to be a reliable feature.
-In Moodle 2.0, groupings will be listed as an advanced feature, however to avoid confusion the enablegroupings checkbox in 1.9 will remain in the experimental section of the site administration menu.
-==Why does a graded activity assigned to a particular grouping only appear in the gradebook for all users?==
-The gradebook does not currently consider group members only functionality. (See MDL-13868 for details.) It is recommended that separate courses are used instead.
 ==See also==
-* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=320 Groups forum]
+* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=320 Groups forum] in Moodle in English
-[[Category:Groups]]
 [[Category:FAQ]]
+[[de:Gruppierungen FAQ]]
+[[es:Agrupamientos FAQ]]
+[[fr:FAQ sur les groupements]]

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Groupings FAQ: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 08:47, 3 May 2019

What is a grouping?

What is the difference between a group and a grouping?

See also