ID&D KB How-to Guide
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Groups are a small version of a course and used as a collaborative tool where students can work together on group projects and assignments. Instructors can create groups for students to collaborate on group assignments, pages, collaborations, and more. Instructors can also allow students to create their own groups. Groups are created under Group Sets, allowing for multiple sets of groups that can be assigned for unique purposes. As an instructor, you can create groups to:
Set up student group configurations at the course level for assignments and in-class work, both graded and ungraded.
Facilitate semester-long projects so that students can communicate and iterate on documents together.
Facilitate faculty professional development and institutional committees or activities.
Facilitate student-run study groups within courses or at the account level.
Within Groups, instructors can:
View all activity within all the groups within their course, including groups created by students (by default students will be allowed to create their own groups)
View all created groups within the course
Manually or automatically create groups within a group set
Manually or automatically assign students to groups within a group set
Assign group leaders to each group
Allow students to sign up for their own groups
Expand and collapse subgroups
Move students into different subgroups
Create group collaborations
Watch the video below for more information about creating student groups in your course.
Canvas Guides
You may also be interested in reviewing additional support guides from Canvas: