Creating Multiple Groups

Step 1: Under Instructor Tools, select Group Manager (see figure below). Note: When working with the Group Manager tool, you must be within the Teach Tab.

Step 2: From the Group Manager page, click the Create Groups button (see figure below).

Step 3: When asked how you would like to add members to the groups (via Custom, Multiple, or Groups with Sign-Up Sheets), select Create Multiple Groups and click the Continue button (see figure below).

Step 4: The Create Multiple Groups screen will appear (see figure below). Within the Group Information section, type a unique word or phrase with which all group names will begin in the Word or phrase all group names start with: text box; i.e., if you enter the word Team, resulting group names will be Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, etc.

Step 5: (OPTIONAL) Add a description in the Default Description text box.

Step 6: Specify the way groups are to be created by selecting either:

a) Create empty groups, and add members later. Note: If you choose this option, you must specify the number of groups to be created within the corresponding text box.

b) Create full groups, and randomly distribute students. Note: (OPTIONAL) You can check the box to include the Demo Student in one of the groups.

Step 7: Select the way groups are to be set up (either By number of groups or By number of students per group), and enter a number in the corresponding text box.

Step 8: Specify what should be done with any extra members (Distribute extra members among the groups, Put extra members in their own group, or Leave extra members to be added manually to groups).

Step 9: Click the Continue button.

Step 10: The Confirm Created Groups screen appears (see figure below). If necessary, edit the group names and/or descriptions. Note: If Full Groups were created, you can click Shuffle Members to shuffle members between groups (not pictured below because Empty Groups were created).

Step 11: Click the Save button to save the groups.