Scroll to the top of your course page.
Select Participants from the secondary navigation.
Select Groups from the drop-down menu.
NOTE: If you don’t see a Groups option listed you may need to enable groups in your course.
Click on the Create group button at the bottom.
Set up the basics for your group:
- Set the Group name.
- Enter a Group description: Give a general explanation of the purpose of the group.
Select the appropriate Group membership visibility:
- Visible – all course participants can view who is in the group.
- Only visible to members – course participants not in the group can’t view the members of the group.
- Only see own membership – a user can see they are in the group but can’t view other group members.
- Hidden – only teachers or admins can view the group and its members.
NOTE: If you have set the group membership visibility to Visible or Only visible to members you can set Group messaging to yes to allow group members to use Moodle’s messaging service to communicate with each other.
Click the Save changes button.
Repeat steps 3-6, as needed to create all your groups.
Populate your groups with students by assigning particular users to each group or use the Group choice activity to allow students to pick their own groups.
If you want multiple groups to complete a single activity (forum, assignment, etc.) you will need to Create a Grouping.