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1. How can I create a Group?
2. How can I group students randomly?
3. How can I tailor an activity by group?
4. How do I randomly assign students to groups?




How can I create a Group?

• In the Course administration block, click on Users and on Groups
• In the Groups page, click on Create group
• In the Group edit page, enter the Group name and click on Save changes
• In the Groups page, ensure that the new group is selected
• Click on Add/remove users
• Select user/s and click on Add

How can I group students randomly?

• Under Course administration, click on Users and on Groups
• Click on button Auto-create groups
• In field Naming scheme enter e.g. Batch# to name the groups Batch1, Batch2....
• • To divide students into groups of equal size:
    • Set field Auto create based on to Members per group
    • In field Group/member count enter the number of students per group
  • To divide students into a fixed number of groups:
    • Set field Auto create based on to Number of groups
    • In field Group/member count enter the number of groups
• Set field Grouping of auto-created groups to No grouping.
  *Alternatively, set it to New grouping and enter a name in field Grouping name
• Click on Preview
• Click on Submit

*If you will be using the groups in a Moodle activity.



How can I tailor an activity by group?
Suppose some students should get one Questionaire and other students another.

• Prepare the Questionnaires
• Create a Group for each Questionnaire and add students appropriately. (See How can I create a Group? above.)
• In each Questionnaire's Settings, in section Restrict access:
  • Click on Add restriction...
  • In the popup, click on Group
  • Select the appropriate Group from menu Choose...
  • Click on the eye icon to ensure that Students who do not belong to the group do not know that the Questionnaire exists

How do I randomly assign students to groups?