Groups

Creating a group (of students) within a Moodle course can be useful for team grading, team projects, team access to specific files/folders. 

VideoTutorials:

1) Creating Groups in Moodle

2) Turn on Groups at Course Level

3) Turn on Groups at Activity Level

Creating Groups

1. On your main Moodle course page under the "Administration" block click on "Users" and then "Groups".
   
   
   
   
2. Once on the "Groups" page click on "Create Group". Give the group a name and then click "Save changes".
3. You should no be back on the main "Groups" page. Click on the group you wish to assign students to and then click "Add/remove users"
   
   
   

Example of using Groups in your Course:

Assigning Groups to Folders/Files

1. Go to the location of where the folder/file is located. (Make sure you are in "Editing" mode) and click on "Edit settings"
   
   
   
2. Once you are on the folder/file you wish to edit click on "Add restriction..." under the "Restrict Access" tab. You should see an option for "Group". Click on it and add the appropriate group.
   
   
   
3. After that, only students in the specified group should be able to see the contents of the folder or file.