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Groups available on Module

Groups Joe Bloggs belongs to

What are you trying to achieve?

Solution

Result

Tutor Group 1
Tutor Group 2
Project Group A
Project Group B
Project Group C
Project Group D

Tutor Group 1 & Project Group B

I want a collaborative workspace for each Project Group to communicate with their Project Group.

Set up a Grouping called Project Grouping and add the following groups to this grouping

Project Group A

Project Group B

Project Group C

Project Group D

Under Common module settings apply separate group mode and select the Project grouping.

Each Project Group has its own collaborative workspace.

If you had not set up Groupings in this scenario, Moodle would have no way of knowing which groups needed to be attached to the Forum. Joe Bloggs would have had access to two Forums one for Tutor Group 1 and one for Project Group B!

1. Turn editing on and Edit settings

1. Navigate to the module homepage and Turn editing on.

2. Click on Edit next to the activity that you want to apply groups to. Select Edit Settings from the drop-down menu that appears.

3. Scroll down the settings page and click on Common module settings to reveal the relevant settings.

1. Group Mode

Choose the appropriate Group mode from the drop-down list.

The options are No groups where everyone is part of one big community, Separate groups where students can only see their own group and Visible groups where students can see other groups, but not participate.

• Click Save and return to module. Notice the group icon after the item will display the type of group mode selected.

1. Select groups within activity

• To review your groups, click into the relevant activity. On the page that appears there will be a drop-down menu. The menu will give the following options;

  • All participants

  • Each group will be listed one after the other.

• To display the activity for a specific group select the group from the drop-down list. You can add content to an individual group’s activity this way. i.e. you can add an individual message to one group of students within a module without posting to the other groups.