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How do I manage groups as a student group leader?

As a student group leader, you can help manage a group in a course. Group leaders are assigned automatically or manually by your instructor. You will not receive any notification that you have been added as a group leader.

Open People

Open People

In Course Navigation, click the People link.

View Groups

View Groups

Click the Groups tab.

View Gropus in Settings Menu

You can also access your User Groups through the Settings menu. Click the Options icon [1] and click the View User Groups link [2].

Open Group

Open Group

Click the Manage link [1] to edit the group name and add or remove members. Click the Visit link [2] to view the group dashboard.

Note: If you visit the group dashboard, you will see an Edit Group link for quick access to edit the name of the group.

Manage Group

Manage Group

You can edit the group name by [1]. You can also manage all the users in the group and add or remove members as necessary [2].

Note: You cannot change the number of members in the group.

Add or Remove Group Members

Add or Remove Group Members

You can add or remove group members by clicking the checkbox next to the name. When you are finished, click the Submit button.

View Group Changes

View Group Changes

View the updated group information.