Creating Student Self Enrolment Groups
If group projects are part of a course, VU Collaborate’s Groups tool is a great resource to set up areas for students to submit group assignments and have discussion areas specifically for members of these Groups. Furthermore, where students are enrolled into groups, you can release specific content or other assessment tasks to provide an individualized online experience for students. This guide goes through the process of setting up groups in VU Collaborate where students can select which group they want to be a part of.
To see a short video on How to Create Student Self Enrolment Groups, see the video below:
Below are the steps in the written guide on Creating Student Self Enrolment Groups:
Step One: Access Groups
1. In your VU Collaborate space on the navigation bar, click Communication then Groups.
2. The Manage Group page is where all your group categories will be listed.
Important Note - Do Not Use Allocate+ groups. These groups are automatically created, and group membership is synced from the Allocate Plus timetable daily. You can identify these groups as they begin with AP_ (Allocate Plus), followed by the unit code and class (AP_UnitCode_Class). DO NOT modify these groups as changes can cause errors.
Step Two: Create a Group Category
1. Select New Category under the Manage Groups heading.
2. Enter a Category Name and you may also provide a brief description of your groups.
3. In the Enrolment Type, select either
- Groups of # - Self Enrolment: Create groups with # (e.g., 3) students per group
- # of Groups – Self Enrolment: Create # (e.g., 8) groups
- # of Groups, Capacity of # - Self Enrolment: Create # (e.g., 8) groups with # (e.g., 3) students per group
When working in the master space, please note the differences in Groups:
Groups of # = once copied into a delivery space from the master space, consider the total number of users enrolled in the unit space and create the required number of groups.
E.g., If you have created 3 groups of 10 users, however, your class only has 20 enrolled students, then only 2 groups of 10 users will be created. Group names will also be lost, in order to retain group names, you will need to select - # of Groups instead.
# of Groups = once copied into a delivery space from the master space, will retain the group name as well as the total count of groups, as they are independent to the users in a class list.
E.g., If you have created 3 groups of 10 users and have labelled each group with a specific title, then the exact settings and group names will transfer across into a delivery space, irrespective of the total number of users enrolled.