{"id":69,"date":"2024-11-13T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T12:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2024-12-05T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T15:15:00","slug":"managing-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/managing-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Groups are a small version of a course and used as a collaborative tool where students can work together on group projects and assignments. This section will take you through how you can set up groups in Canvas and also how to view and edit them once set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group page-navigation has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c9f62bec6cd24631082e8ff16211ba6a has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-74eabeda wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:8px;background-color:#6184d8;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<p class=\"post-nav-title\"><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#setting-up-groups\">Setting up Groups in Canvas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><a href=\"#viewing-editing-groups\">Viewing and Editing Groups<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1f2294dc7ec071613ad72d0baae4134e\" id=\"setting-up-groups\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--base-2);border-bottom-width:2px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0\"><strong>Setting up Groups in Canvas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin setting up Groups in Canvas you will need to firstly need to navigate to the People section from the course navigation menu. From here, you can create a Group Set which can then contain your Groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large has-custom-border is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/Group-Set-1024x270.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-base-2-border-color wp-image-1134\" style=\"border-width:2px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/Group-Set-1024x270.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/Group-Set-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/Group-Set-768x202.png 768w, https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/Group-Set.png 1108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Basics-Guide\/What-are-Groups\/ta-p\/16\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Basics-Guide\/What-are-Groups\/ta-p\/16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What are Groups?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-add-a-group-set-in-a-course\/ta-p\/693\">How do I add a group set in a course?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-import-groups-in-a-group-set\/ta-p\/417799\">How do I import groups in a group set?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-automatically-create-groups-in-a-group-set\/ta-p\/720\">How do I automatically create groups in a group set?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-automatically-assign-students-to-groups\/ta-p\/725\">How do I automatically assign students to groups?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20f0c2aba4696b20d084a13c2e95787b\" id=\"viewing-editing-groups\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--base-2);border-bottom-width:2px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0\"><strong>Viewing and Editing Groups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the links below to find out how to view the Groups within your course and also edit the group membership, as well as delete any groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-view-all-groups-in-a-course-as-an-instructor\/ta-p\/696\">How do I view all groups in a course as an instructor?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-edit-a-group-set-in-a-course\/ta-p\/978\">How do I edit or delete a group set in a course?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-move-a-student-into-a-different-group\/ta-p\/723\">How do I move a student into a different group?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/tkb-p\/Instructor#Groups\">Click here to view all Canvas guides on Groups<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groups are a small version of a course and used as a collaborative tool where students can work together on group projects and assignments. 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