Groups and groupings - create a grouping (and adding/removing groups in a grouping)

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Groupings are a way of organising groups. For example, you may have a grouping that contains all project groups, another grouping for tutorial groups, etc. In many cases, groups must be within groupings before you can use them for activities.

 

Create a grouping

  1. In the topic, open the Topic Management panel by clicking the button (cogs icon) on the main menu
    Topic management button
  2. Click on Groups in the User Links menu
    Groups link

  3. Click on the Groupings tab near the top of the screen
    Groupings tab

  4. Scroll down the screen and click Create grouping
    Create grouping button
  5. Give the grouping a name
    Grouping name

  6. Click the Save changes button. You'll return to the Groupings screen.

 

Add or remove groups in a grouping

  1. If you haven't just completed the previous section (created a grouping), open the Topic Management panel, click on Groups in the User Links menu, then click on the Groupings tab (see steps 1-3 above) 
    Groupings tab

  2. To add groups to your new grouping, click the Show groups in groupings icon to the right under Edit
    Add groups to grouping

  3. To add group/s to the grouping, select the relevant group/s from the Potential members column on the right (highlighted in red below) and click the Add button (Note: You can select multiple groups by holding down the CTRL button on your keyboard)
    Add and remove groups from grouping

  4. To remove a group/s from the grouping, select the relevant group/s from the Existing members column on the left (highlighted in green above) and click the Remove button (Note: You can select multiple groups by holding down the CTRL button on your keyboard) 

  5. When you have finished adding/removing groups, click the Back to groupings button

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