{"id":1286,"date":"2018-03-18T23:40:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T23:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&amp;p=1062"},"modified":"2018-03-18T23:40:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T23:40:24","slug":"automatically-create-random-groups","status":"publish","type":"bwl_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/elearning\/course-management\/automatically-create-random-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatically Create Random Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instructors can use the auto create feature in Moodle to rapidly create and fill groups of randomly-assigned students.<\/p>\n<h2>Video Overview<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lmn6Al_sgUA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"steps-section\">\n<h2 class=\"steps-top\">\n<div class=\"altblock\"><span>Part<br \/>1<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"kb-headline\">Create the groups<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"new-steps\">\n<li>Click <strong>Groups<\/strong> from the \"Users\" drop-down in the \"Course administration\" menu.<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1063\" src=\"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen_Shot_2018-03-18_at_4_28_01_PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Click <strong>Auto-create groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1064\" src=\"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen_Shot_2018-03-18_at_4_28_15_PM.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:70%\"\/>\n\t\t<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"steps-section\">\n<h2 class=\"steps-top\">\n<div class=\"altblock\"><span>Part<br \/>2<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"kb-headline\">Edit group settings<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"new-steps\">\n<li>In the \"Naming scheme\" section, set the naming convention for your groups. You can include any text. You must include either an <strong>@ <\/strong>or <strong>#<\/strong> wildcard to use either letters or numbers.<\/li>\n<li>In the \"Auto create based on\" section, you can either have Moodle arrange groups with a specified number of students per group or by a total number of groups in the course.<\/li>\n<li>In the \"Group\/member count\" section, you can set the number of students per group or the total number of groups (depending on what you chose for the \"Auto create based on\" section).<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1065\" src=\"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-4.29.31-PM.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:70%\"\/>\n\t\t<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"steps-section\">\n<h2 class=\"steps-top\">\n<div class=\"altblock\"><span>Part<br \/>3<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"kb-headline\">Review<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"new-steps\">\n<li>Click <strong>Preview<\/strong> to make sure the groups are acceptable.<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1066\" src=\"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-4.29.42-PM.png\" alt=\"\" w \/><\/p>\n<li>Click <strong>Submit <\/strong>to finalize the creation of your groups.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<p>No FAQs yet. Use the comment field below to ask questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","bkb_category":[21],"bkb_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286","bwl_kb","type-bwl_kb","status-publish","hentry","bkb_category-course-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bwl_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb\/1286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bkb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bkb_category?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"bkb_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bkb_tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}