How do I add a group set in a course?

Group sets house the different groups within a course. Before creating a new group set, you may want to view the  existing group sets . You can also  clone an existing group set . You can also  edit or delete  an existing group set. 

 Once you have created a group set, you can  manually create groups  in the set or  automatically create groups  in the set. Alternatively, you can create and assign students to groups by  importing a CSV file . 

 Note:  Canvas allows you to create up to 200 groups. 

 Open People 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 In Course Navigation, click the  People  link. 

 Add Group Set 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Click the  Add Group Set  button. The  Create Group Set  window will pop up. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The  Create Group Set  window displays. 

 Save Group Set 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Name the new group by typing it in the  Group Set Name  field [1]. 

 You can allow  self sign-ups  by selecting the  Allow self sign-up  checkbox [2]. 

 To  manually create groups  or  create groups using a CSV file , click the  Create groups later  option [3]. 

 From the drop-down menu, select the  Split students by number of groups  option [4]. 

 You can  automatically create groups  by splitting the students into equal groups or selecting the number of students per group. To split the students into a number of equal groups, select the  Split students by [number] groups  option in the drop down menu [5]. 

 To create groups with a certain number of students, use the arrows or type the number of students per group in the dialog box [6]. 

 Click the  Save  button [7]. 

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 Except when creating groups manually, you can automatically set  student group leaders. 

 The Require group members to be in the same section option is available in self sign-up and automatically created groups. 

 The maximum number of groups that Canvas can create for an automatically assigned group set is 200. If you ask Canvas to create more than 200 groups, it will only create 200. 

 

 

 

 

 View Group Set 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 View the group set you created. 

   

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