Groups

Summary

Groups are used in Moodle to group students together – these groups can be applied to content and activities. You can use a group to limit access to an activity/file or filter the gradebook.

Resources

• Groups (Moodle.org)

How to create a group

1. Log into Moodle.
2. Navigate to your course.
3. Click Participants (from just below your course title) select Groups from the drop down menu in the top left of this page (probably says Enrolled Users).
4. Click Create Group (down below the existing groups list).
5. Give the group a name.
6. Click Save changes.
7. Your new group will now appear in your list of groups for that course.

How to add/remove users in a group

1. Log into Moodle.
2. Navigate to your course.
3. Click Participants (from just below your course title) select Groups from the drop down menu in the top left of this page (probably says Enrolled Users).
4. Select the group you wish to add users to – you’ll now see a list of the users in the group.
5. Click Add/remove users below the list.
6. Add and remove the users you need to and click Back to groups when you’re finished.

Related pages

• Files