When you are working in a Classcraft session, you can create or access student groups using the Grouping tool. Instructions for generating a temporary group or opening an existing group are provided below.
1. In the left menu bar of the Classroom Panel or the Teacher Panel, click the Tools link to open the Tools menu bar and view the list of available tools.
2. In the Tools menu, click Grouping. A Grouping panel appears with the option to generate a group set or select a preexisting group set.
Note the following about these grouping options:
– Generating a new group set allows you to select from the students who are currently online in the open session; these group sets are for temporary use in the current session only.
– The
preexisting group sets that are listed are those group sets that you previously
created in Ed for this class. You can review the students in a group set
by clicking the down arrow in the group set card. For details about creating
and saving group sets in Ed, see Create Groups
in Ed Teacher Help.
3. To use one of the previously created group sets, click the Use This Set button in the group set card.
4. To generate a new, temporary group set, follow these steps:
a. Click the Generate Group Set button. A Temporary Group Set page appears.
b. In the lists provided at the top of the page, do either of the following:
○ In the Student per Group list, select the specific number of students you want in each group for this temporary set.
○ In the Number of Groups list, select the number of groups you want for this temporary set.
Note: ● Students must be logged in to the session for these lists to appear. ● The lists only provide the options associated with the number of students who are logged in. |
c. Click the Generate Groups button. The students in the session are randomly placed in groups based on your selection.
d. Click the Refresh Groups button to adjust the existing groups or to add students to the group set as students join the session.
e. If needed, add groups and/or rearrange students within groups as follows:
○ Click the Add Group button. A new group card appears.
○ Move a student or students from one group to another by clicking the student name(s) and then dragging the selected name(s) to the desired group.
f. When you are ready to use the groups, click the Use Group Set button at the bottom of the page.
Note: As you are working in the session and additional students log in (or log off), you can adjust the groups by clicking Tools in the left menu bar, and then clicking the Refresh Group Set button.
Student View
When you click the Use Group Set button, your selected students see a Group activity dialog box on their Student Panels; the dialog box lists the students included in the group. Additionally, the students see a Group icon in the Tools bar on the left side of their Student Panels.
– Students
can close the Group activity dialog
box by clicking the 
in
the top pink menu bar of the dialog box.
– To reopen the Group activity dialog box, students can click the Group icon in the Tools bar.
5. To stop using the generated or selected group set during a session, open the Tools panel by clicking Tools in the left menu bar, and then do one of the following:
– For a generated group, click the Ungroup Students button in the Temporary Group card.
– For a preexisting group set, click the Stop Using Set button in the group set card.
For your students, once you select to Ungroup Students or Stop Using Set, the Group activity dialog box on their Student Panels disappears.