Canvas Groups are a way for instructors to organize students within a course for group assignments, group discussions, or other collaborative work. The Groups tool creates course-like areas in Canvas that include the following navigational options:
Managing Group Sets
Managing Groups
Managing Group Enrollment
Managing Group Activities & Content
A Group Set is a collection of groups. A new Group Set is needed for every assignment that calls for a new grouping of students. When getting started with Group Sets, learn to:
- Create a Group Set with the Canvas guide How do I add a group set in a course?
- Edit a Group Set with the Canvas guide How do I edit a group set in a course?
- Delete a Group Set with the Canvas guide How do I delete a group set in a course?
Do not delete a group set after submissions have been made by any group in that set.
Use unique group names in order to ensure students can identify which course the group is from, as all of their groups are listed in a single place outside of the course.
Do not delete a group after a submission has been made by that group.
Groups are the specific groupings of students within a Group Set. When getting started with Groups, learn to:
- Automatically create groups in a group set with the Canvas guide How do I automatically create groups in a group set?
- Manually create groups in a group set with the Canvas guide How do I manually create groups in a group set?
- Create self sign-up groups in a group set with the Canvas guide How do I create self sign-up groups in a group set?
- Allow students to create groups with the Canvas guide How do I allow students to create their own student groups?
Students can only belong to one group in a group set. This precludes them from taking part in group work or group discussions in Canvas in multiple groups for the same assignment/activity.
Do not change membership in a group after a submission has been made by that group.
When enrolling students in Groups, learn to:
- Automatically enroll students in groups with the Canvas guide How do I automatically assign students to groups?
- Manually enroll students in groups with the Canvas guide How do I manually assign students to groups?
- Assign a student leader to a group with the Canvas guide How do I assign a student leader to a group?
- Change group enrollments with the Canvas guide How do I move a student into a different group?
- Prevent students from changing self sign-up group enrollment with the Canvas guide How do I prevent students from switching groups in self sign-up groups?
While students can manage their Group spaces in Canvas, instructors are able to generate activities for groups and view group content. When managing group activities and content, learn to:
- Create a Group Assignment with the Canvas guide How do I assign an assignment to a course group?
- Grade Group Assignments in the SpeedGrader with the Canvas guide How do I grade group assignments in SpeedGrader?
- Create a Group Discussion with the Canvas guide How do I create a group discussion in a course?
- Create a graded Group Discussion with the Canvas guide How do I assign a graded discussion to a course group?
- View a group’s files with the Canvas guide How do I view group files as an instructor?
- View a group’s content and student group activity with the Canvas guide How do I view content and student activity within a group as an instructor?
