Access Group Settings

1. Log in with your NetID and password at moodle.rutgers.edu
   
2. Find the course you want to edit.
3. In the Administration Block, go to “Manage Users”
4. Click on “Groups”

Groups Tab

1. Under the Groups Tab, scroll down to the bottom and click on the “Create Group” button.
2. Type in the group name
3. The group ID number, description, and enrollment key (a password to access the group) are optional.
4. You can add an image to represent the group and you have the option of hiding the picture. This step is completely optional.
5. Click on “Save Changes” and this will take you back to the groups tab main menu.
6. Click on the group name, then the “Add/Remove Users” button.
7. You will see two columns, Group Members and Potential Members.
8. Under Potential Members select the users you want to add to the group. To select multiple users, press & hold the ctrl button (command on a Mac) and click on the users’ names.
9. Once you have the users selected, click on the “Add” button. The names will appear the the Group Members column.
10. Then click on “Back to Groups”

Groupings Tab

1. Groupings make a group out of pre-existing groups.
   
2. Under the Groupings tab, click on the “Create Grouping” button.
   
3. Type in the Grouping name.
   
4. The grouping ID number and description are optional.
   
5. Click on “Save Changes”
   
6. Back in Groupings tab, click on the people icon on the far right of the grouping title. This will take you to the add users menu.
   
7. You will see two columns, Existing members and Potential members.
   
8. In the Potential members column, select the groups you want to add to the grouping.
   
9. Once you have the groups selected, click on the “Add” button.
   
10. The groups will appear under the Existing members column.
    
11. Click on Back to groupings.
    

Overview Tab

The overview tab will show you members in each group and grouping and everyone who is not in a group.

Course Settings

1. In the Administration Block, click on Edit Settings.
   
2. Scroll down to the Groups section.
   
3. Under Group Mode, this mode will allow you to make items in the course visible to certain groups.
   
   • No Groups: Everyone is part of one big community.
     
   • Separate groups: Groups can only see members in that group.
     
   • Visible Groups: Groups can see the other groups in the course.
     
4. Do not use Force group mode.
   
5. In Default Grouping, you can add students to a grouping if you created the grouping first.
   
6. Click on the “Save and Display” button.
   

Make Items Available to Groups

1. In your course, turn editing on.
   
2. Find the assignment, quiz or forum you want to make available to a group.
   
3. Click on the Edit dropdown menu, and then select “edit settings.”
   
4. Scroll down to the Restrict Access section.
   
   1. Click on the “Add Restriction…” button.
      
   2. In the pop-up menu, click on the Group or Grouping button.
      
      • Student Must match the following.
        
      • Group (Choose the group)
        
5. Click on “Save and Return to Course” button.