Create Group Assignment and Discussions

Assignments and Discussions can be restricted to members of Groups. These can be set up during the Group creation process or configured separately through the specific tools.

Assignments

Group Assignments require submission from a single member of a Group (although any additional members can submit), where grading of that submission is then applied to all Group members. These can be configured during the Group creation process but individual Assignments can also be designated as Group Assignments after the fact. This can be done in the Assignments tool.

1. Edit the Assignment to be set for Group submission.

2. Navigate to the Submission & Completion drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the Assignment editor.

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   Click the Submission & Completion area to expand the menu options

    

3. Change the assignment type to Group Submission, and choose the category of groups you’d like to assign the assignment to.

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   In this case, the category of groups is Test Category

    

4. Upon completing editing the assignment and clicking Save and Close, the Category in the groups area should update, with the assignment now attached to the groups.

Discussions

Forums or Topics in the Discussions tool can have access restricted to only members of certain Groups. These can be configured during the Group creation process or via the Group and Section Restrictions tab.

Topic and Thread restrictions can also be set after Groups have been created directly in the Discussions tool.

1. Select a Forum or create a new one for the group Topic.

2. Click Add Topic for your desired forum.

3. In Topic editor, select Availability Dates and Conditions, then Manage Sections under Group and Section Restrictions You can then choose the group or section category to associate the topic with, as well as restrict users to only see threads from participants in their groups, or all threads.

5. Upon completing editing the Topic and clicking Save and Close, the Category in the groups area should update, with the Topic now attached to the groups. Members of the group have the ability to start threads in this new group discussion.