Student Groups: Creating and Maintaining
Step 1 To access the Groups function, from the home screen you may either click on the Groups tile or select the "hamburger" menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the command bar, and then select Groups.
Step 2 From Groups, click the "+ New" option from the action bar and complete the form that appears.
Step 3 Complete the required fields including the group name, Expiration date and owner if necessary, to change the default. Choose group visibility in the dropdown select Public if you want to allow other users to view your group. If you choose Private this group will only be available to the owner of the group. Notice the Group Type defaults to: “Manual”. Click Save.
Note: When you create a student group, give it an expiration date in the future so that the system can alert you when that group has expired, giving you the option to delete that group.
The New Student Group form.
Once you have created the group, you now need to add the students to that group. Select the group name you just created.
Step 4 A list of students will appear at the bottom of the display. Click "+ Add" from the action bar.
Step 5 A box will appear with students, type the name of the student you would like to add to the group, or click the student (s) and click select. Once you have completed adding students, click Save.
Step 6 To delete a student from the group, select an existing group record from the grid by clicking the Name link (Blue Hyperlink) and open the record detail below the grid. Click the checkbox next to the student's name and click "X Remove" from the action bar.
Shows a list of students arrows pointing to the checkbox and the "X Remove" option on the action bar.
Note: The user can only delete student groups they created; the system administrator can also delete student groups created by all users.