Using Groups in Assignments

Groups

Instructors and students can create groups in Canvas course sites that provide an online working space for projects and assignments.  A "Group Set" will create a designated number of groups, and a "Group" will create an individual group.

Creating a Group Set

• Navigate to the course
• Click on People in the left navigation
• Click on the blue button +Group Set
• Name the Group Set (Note: this is the name of the set of groups, so the name might be the title of the assignment or project.  The instructor or students may change the name of the individual groups within the set later.)
• Indicate if self-sign-up for groups will be allowed
• Indicate if the students should be automatically split into a designated number of groups or if you'll be creating the groups manually

Manually Creating Groups

• Navigate to the course
• Click on People in the left navigation
• Click on the tab of the desired Group Set
  
• Click on "+Group"
• Name the Group
• Indicate how many members should be in the Group
• Drag the name of the students that should be enrolled in the group to the Group Name

Creating Group Assignments & Discussions

Any assignment or discussion can be created for groups.  When creating the assignment or discussion in Canvas, look for the Group options in the set up.

• Check the box next to "This is a Group Assignment/Discussion"
• Indicate whether you want to "Assign Grades to Each Student Individually."  NOTE: If you don't select this, each student in the group will receive the same grade and see the same comments/feedback.
• Select the Group from the drop-down menu (or create a new group set)

Visiting a Group Site

Instructors have access to all areas of their course sites, including group pages.  It is not necessary for the instructor to enroll themselves into each group.  To visit a group page: