Moodle Groupings

Note: This article is part of the Moodle Groups and Groupings collection.

A grouping is a collection of groups in a Moodle site. Below is an example of how groups can be organised into groupings.
Moodle - Groupings Example

Note: In the example above, Group 2 has been included in both groupings to demonstrate that groups can exist within multiple groupings.

Grouping students within an online learning environment provides the teacher with a way to effectively manage subject cohorts, activities, and resources.

When a subject site is created, a grouping will be automatically created called ‘Subject Instances’ which includes the groups imported from the Student Management Package (SMP).

In addition to this grouping, you can create your own groupings, for example:

A grouping called 'Tutorial Groups' which contains all the subject’s tutorial groups.
A grouping that contains project groups if your subject has a task that requires group project submissions.
A grouping for each campus that contains the relevant groups (e.g., tutorials).
A grouping adding relevant campus groups together (e.g., Shoalhaven tutorial groups to a Shoalhaven Grouping).

How?

The Groupings page

The Groupings page displays an overview of information relating to all groupings in your site. It is also where to create, edit or delete groupings. To access this page:

Select Groups from the Site settings menu.
Select Groupings from the Groups dropdown menu.

The overview provided on this page includes:

Grouping – the name of the Grouping
Groups – a list of all the groups that are contained within the grouping
Activities – total number of activities that are linked to the grouping
Edit – tools available to modify the grouping (Edit, Delete and Show groups in grouping).

Creating a Grouping

Click the Create grouping button at the bottom of the Groupings page.
Enter a meaningful title in the Grouping name input field.
(Optional) Add contextual information in the Grouping description input field.
Click the Save Changes button.

The new grouping will now display in the Grouping overview page.

Note: When a grouping is first created, it will contain no groups. To add groups to your grouping, you will need to edit the grouping.

Editing or deleting a Grouping

For your subject, some groupings may automatically be created and imported from SMP, or you may need to edit the groupings you have created.

To modify or delete groupings, navigate to the Groupings page (see instructions above) and click on one of the following Edit tool icons.

Settings from left to right:
Moodle - Groupings - Edit Options

Click the Edit (pencil) icon to update the name or description of the grouping.
Click the Delete (bin) icon to delete the grouping.
Click the Show groups in grouping (user) icon to update the groups contained in the grouping.

Note: For more detailed instructions, refer to the Create and Edit Groups and Groupings Knowledge Base Article.

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