Are you new to Bryn Mawr and just learning how to use Moodle, or a returning student who would like a refresher on how to make the most of Moodle for engaging with your courses? We’ve aggregated some posts on key tasks in Moodle that we hope will help as you begin the new academic year.
Are you a new faculty member, or do you need a refresher on how to set up your Moodle course? We’ve aggregated some posts on key tasks in Moodle that we hope will help as you prepare your courses for this academic year.
Groups are a really useful feature of Moodle that allow an instructor to create any number of groups, personally or auto-created, with certain parameters from their list of enrolled students. Groups can be used to set up lab sections, make project groups, or closely utilize features within Moodle activities (such as OU tools).
Making a Group This guide will show you how to make your own groups. To auto-create groups, see the instructions below.
To begin, select Participants on the Administration block, and select Groups from the settings (gear icon) on the upper right-hand side of the page to navigate to the page where you will create and configure your groups.
Click Create Group to create a new group, and enter the group name.
You may optionally enter a description of the group, include a picture to identify the group, or enter an enrollment key for students to self-enroll into groups.
Click Save Changes when finished. This will bring you back to the Groups page.
To add users to your group, select the group you’ve created and click the Add/Remove Users button.
Add users by selecting their names in the right column labeled Potential Members, then click the Add button in the center.
When you are finished adding users, click Back to Groups in the bottom left of the page to return to the menu.
Auto-Creating Groups
To create groups automatically, click the Auto-Create Groups button on the Groups page.
Set a naming scheme, e.g. Group @ will create Group A, Group B, Group C, etc., whereas Group # will create Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, etc.
Select whether you want to specify the number of groups or the number of members per group and enter the number of groups or number of members as necessary.
Select the role from which to create the members (e.g. Auditor or Registered Student)
Choose how to allocate the group members. Because these groups are being automatically created, you can choose to allocate them in the following ways:
Randomly
Alphabetically
First name, last name
Last name, first name
ID number
Optionally, you can choose the grouping you would like these groups to be created in. Then, click Submit when finished.