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===What is a grouping?===
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{{Moodle 1.9}}A groupings, 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.
 
==What is the difference between a group and a grouping?==
 
A group is a set of users. A grouping is a set of groups.


==See also==
==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


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Latest revision as of 08:47, 3 May 2019

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.

See also