Create Student Group

You can approach Student Groups in one of two ways: create a Student Group without students that you can later edit and add students to, or identify students and then add them to a new group or existing group.

To create a new student group

1. Go to Classroom > Student Groups.
2. Click Create New Group. The Add to New Group screen appears, prompting you to name the group, include notes, and indicate if you want to include section data.
3. Enter the following:
• In the Group Name field, enter a name for the group.
• In the Teacher’s Notes field, describe the reason for and general purpose of the group. You can  add as much detail as needed—including references to websites, links, lesson plans, etc.
• In the Category field, indicate a category for your group, if desired. (This is useful for organizing many Student Groups.)
• Use the Strengths, Concerns and Improvement to add commentary in those areas. Or, click Save and Edit to access options for selecting Grade Range, Department, Course, and Associated Standards.
4. Click Save. Your group is saved. When you are ready, you can go back to this group to add students to it.

To add students to a student group

1. Go to Classroom > Student Groups.
2. If needed, use a View By option to more readily locate the students you wish to group. The list of Students sorts accordingly.
3. Click the checkbox next to any student name that you want to add to your new group.
4. After you have selected all desired students, from the Add to Group dropdown menu, select New Group from the menu and click Go. The Add to New Student Group page appears with the number of selected students indicated in red at the top of the screen.
5. Entering the following:
• In the Group Name field, enter a name for the group.
• In the Teacher’s Notes field, describe the reason for and general purpose of the group. Add detail regarding the Strengths, Concerns, and Improvement in those areas.
• In the Category field, indicate a category for your group, if desired. (This is useful as an organizing device if you have many Student Groups.)
6. Click Save.