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08. Using groups
08. Using groups
Within a Moodle course, participants (students, etc.) can be grouped by using group features.
Topics, activities and resources can be assigned to each group to perform group works.
08.1 Creating a group
08.1 Creating a group
Creating a new group
Creating a group
① Open the block drawer on the right and click “Group”.
② Click "Create group".
③ Enter a group name.
④ Click "Save changes".
Registering users to a group
Click "Save changes" on the previous screen to return to the group settings screen.
Click "Add/remove users".
The "Add/remove users" screen will be displayed.
Course participants are displayed in the "Potential members" box. Select the users you wish to add to the group and click the "Add" button.
The selected users will be moved from the "Potential members" box to the "Group members" box.
After moving the user(s) you wish to add to the group to the "Group members" box, click the "Back to groups" button to return to the previous screen.
When you return to the groups screen, you will see that users have been registered to the groups you have registered.
Repeat the above steps for each necessary group, registering users to each group.
08.2 Applying groups to activities and resources
08.2 Applying groups to activities and resources
Groups that can be used for activities such as forums and tasks, resources such as files and pages, or topics where their contents are placed, can be specified in the "Common module settings" and "Restrict access" of the topic, activity or resource.
In this section, we will assume that the groups are applied to "Forums."
How to apply groups to activities and resources (to make a forum available only to Group A users)
Setting the group mode
① Click "Edit mode" to launch edit mode.
② Click on the menu icon “︙” next to the activity (in this case, the forum) for which you wish to configure group settings.
③ Select "Edit settings" from the drop-down menu that appears.
④ "Common module settings" is select “No groups” for “Group mode”. This will disable the group mode.
⑤ Click the "Add restriction" field.
⑥ A dialog box reading "Add restrictions" will be displayed, so select "Group".
⑦ Click the "Choose..." field. Select "Group Team A" from the list of available groups.
⑧ Specify visibility to participants outside the group specified in ⑦ .
- Eye icon: This forum will be grayed out to participants outside of GroupTeam A
- Slashed eye icon: This forum will be hidden to participants outside of TeamGroup A
⑨ Click "Save and return to course" when you have finished adjusting the settings.
A message reading "This content is unavailable to those not meeting the following conditionsNot available unless: You bBelonging to Group Team A" is displayed.
Visibility from students (for students not in Group Team A)
A message reading "Not available unless: You belong to Team A" is displayed.
Visibility from students (for students not in Team A)
08.3 Reference information
08.3 Reference information
Group Enrolment keys
When using the group feature, you can set a "group Enrolment key" (to distinguish this from a course Enrolment key, we will call it a "group Enrolment key").
A group registration key, like a course registration key, is used by participants to self-enrol for a course. When a participant joins a course, he/she is also enroled as a group member.
For example, in a situation where a participant is asked to enter a registration key when first joining a course, the group to which the participant belongs is automatically classified as below according to the type of registration key entered:
（1）Enrolled in "No Group" if entering the enrolment key set at course setup.
（2）Enrolled in "Group A" if entering the group enrolment key for Group A.
（3）Enrolled in "Group B" if entering the group enrolment key for Group B.
Displaying the group creation screen
There is another way to open the group creation screen besides the method described in "08.1 Creating a group".
Select "Participants" from the menu tab on the course screen.
Click the "Enrolled users" box to display a drop-down menu.
Select "Groups".
This will bring up the group creation screen.
Applying topics to groups
You can also assign topics to groups by using the same method described in "08.2 Applying groups to activities and resources".
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