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Creating & Managing Groups

NOTE: As an instructor, you are responsible for creating groups and adding students to those groups. Students CANNOT do this by themselves. It must be done by the instructor. Below are instructions for creating and managing groups.

From the Control Panel, click Manage Groups under the User Management section:

From there, click the Add Group button:

Group Information

Provide the appropriate information and settings for the new group:

Group Options

Under Group Options, select which functions you want available to group members. It is highly recommended that you enable ALL of the functions (e-mail, chat, virtual classroom, discussion board, and file exchange).

Also, select whether you are ready to make the group available to the class:

Submit

Click Submit to end the group creation process.

Once your group is created, you will be notified that the group has been successfully created. Click on the OK button to go to the Group Management screen:

You must then add users to that group. While in the Manage Groups window, click on the Modify button for the group you wish to add users to:

From here, click on the Add Users to Group Button:

Note: You may use the other Group Management functions to manage other aspects of your group. You can also remove users from a group, list all users in a group, and change the properties of a group.

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Creating & Managing Groups

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