Group Management in eCollege

Objective:

This job aid will show you how to divide your online students into groups and how to assign different tasks to different groups.

Many professors see instructional value in creating groups or teams within their courses. Just like in a physical classroom, online groups can be useful for holding private team discussions, having specialized readings, assignments, and group emails, and using other tools to complete final team projects or papers.
 
 
Creating a group
 
 
Step one: Course Administration
 

In the Author mode, click the Course Admin tab.
 
 
Step two: Group Management
 

Click > Group Management. The Groups screen opens and displays a list of any groups you have already created.
 
 

Step three: Add New Group

 

Click >Add New Group. In the page that opens, you will see a Group ID letter at the top of the page. This ID is automatically generated and assigned to each new group. Enter a Group Name for the new group.
 
 

Step four: Select Group Members

 

Select the members to include in the group by clicking on their names. The members you select appear in the Group Members list.

Remove a member from a group by clicking the name in the Group Members list. Click Clear all names to clear all members from the group.
 
 

Step five: Add Group

 

Click > Add Group to add the group to your course. You can edit or delete a group from the Course Admin tab, Group Management page.

Click > Save Changes.
 
 

Assigning a content item to a group

 
 
Step one: Select the Content Item
 

In Author mode, click the content item you would like to assign to a group.
 
 
Step two: Toolbox
 

In the screen that displays, click the Toolbox button.
 
 
Step three: Assign the Item to a Group
 

Use the Assigned To drop-down list at the bottom of the page to assign the content item to a particular group. The Assigned To drop-down list only appears if you have already created groups in your course.

Click Save Changes.