Groups & Sections

Differentiation in Brightspace

Teachers use Brightspace to communicate, answer questions, post lessons and assignments, and keep their students up to date digitally. But did you know that teachers can assign course content, assignments, quizzes, and discussions to specific sections or groups of students? This allows for differentiation in instruction, enabling teachers to provide tailored learning experiences to different student groups.

🍎Understanding Groups & Sections

Groups

Create & Manage Groups
Group Enrollment Descriptions
Student Self-Enrollment Group
Assign to a Group - Release Conditions
Sorting by Groups and Sections in Assignments and Quizzes

Sections

If your course is rostered by PowerSchool, you cannot create your own sections. Use Groups instead.

Assign Content to a Section - Release Conditions
- Assignment/Quiz/Discussion
Create Sections for Non-SIS Courses
Sorting by Groups and Sections in Assignments and Quizzes

💡Instructional Inspiration

Use Special Access to make quizzes and assignments available to only a select group of users or provide individualized due dates for certain users.

Create individual student journals using the dynamic duo, Groups and Discussions! Journals can be set up with single-member Groups, creating a workspace only viewable by them (and their teacher).