Assigning Discussions & Assignments to Existing Groups
This page shows examples of how to utilize groups of students once they are created within your course.
An important note on creating and utilizing Groups
The following documentation outlines Online Learning Service's recommended steps for assigning group discussions and group assignments. Although other approaches may exist for creating groups when assigning content, implementing other strategies outside of the prescribed method below will result in students being unable to access materials through the Group navigation tab in your course.
Step 1: Create the group set
Create a group set in the Groups tab of your course navigation. This group set may be one that you wish to use over the course of the semester (such as individual sections in a merged course) or it may be a set that is specific to a particular assignment/discussion.
The example to the right shows two examples of different groups sets, each created for a different purpose.
Step 2: Create the assignment/discussion
To assign a Group Assignmentor Discussion, begin by creating the respective item on the Course Content stream.
Step 3: Access the item settings
Once you have created the item, open the item's settings by clicking the gear icon to the right of the settings.
When the settings panel opens, scroll down to the "Additional Tools."
Select the option to "Assign to groups"
Instructor View
When an instructor views a group discussion on Ultra, there is a subtle but very important addition that they will see within the discussion page. A drop down menu will appear below the discussion topic that allows the instructor to easily navigate between the group discussions without having to leave the page and navigate to a separate group's page. The video below illustrates this unique Ultra course feature: