The D2L Group tool is designed to allow you to create group work areas for students. After creating a group, you’ll be able to assign different projects, tasks or topics to each group.
Accessing the Group Tool
Login to D2L and select the course where you'd like to create groups.
Under Administration click on the Groups Link.
The Groups Page
Creating a New Group
Creating groups starts with creating the category that they’’’ be organized under.
Click on the Create Group Category.
You'll be taken to the new category page.
You'll also have to choose from one of the five enrollment options available:
Groups of #
You specify the maximum number of students per group and D2L automatically creates the appropriate number of groups
# of Groups
You specify the number of groups to be added and D2L automatically assigns an equal number of students to each group
# of Groups – No Auto Enrollments
You specify the number of groups to be added. You will later manually assign students to each group.
Groups of # - Self Enrollment
You specify the maximum number of students per group and the students enroll themselves in their desired group.
# of Groups – Self Enrollment
You specify the number of groups to be added and the students enroll themselves in their desired group.
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