This filtering can be especially useful in the gradebooks of large courses that contain multiple sub-sections (where groups are automatically created and updated based on all the sub-sections). This allows different instructors or TAs to sort the gradebook depending on the sub-sections they are responsible for grading.

To enable this filter:

1. Click on the Settings tab on top your course main page. Expand the Groups section then from the Group mode dropdown box, select Visible groups (leaving the other settings unchanged).
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2. In your gradebook, you will now see a dropdown box allowing you to sort by groups.
   
   

Example for Use:

A scenario where this could be very useful in large multi-section courses is to automatically sort the optically scored exams into sub-sections for review or offline grading.

1. First upload the spreadsheet provided by TSQS into your combined eClass course following these instructions: Importing Grades.
   
   
2. Once uploaded, you can view specific sections of grades by filtering the gradebook to a single one of the course sub-sections.
   
   
3. If you want to turn around and export just a subset of the gradebook to work offline, you can similarly filter the export page to include only a single sub-section.
   
   
   
   
4. This method could be used to divide a large TSQS spreadsheet into several smaller ones each representing a single sub-section.

Notes:

• Whichever option you choose for Group mode will automatically be selected for any new activities you add for the course so you may want to consider turning on groups at the course level AFTER you have completed course construction if the bulk of your activities or resources do not need to be split into groups. This is also the reason we recommend Visible groups as this has slightly less effect in case you create a new activity and forget to adjust the group settings for it specifically.
• Either Separate groups or Visible groups will add the filter option to your student lists. 
• The option to Force group mode should be set to No unless you are still constructing the course and know that you want activities to be split up into groups.
• By default, the filter dropdowns will contain ALL the groups in your course - if you have a number of groups that you want to strip out of the gradebook filter, you can create a grouping of those required and specifying it in the Default grouping dropdown. This would also be the required process to display only the groups in a specific grouping on the course participants page, for example to only display the 'public' groups in a course. For more information, see the article: Setting Up Groupings.
• Important note: both group mode options will allow students to see a filtered list of the groups in the course (all groups if the setting is Visible groups; only the groups they are enrolled in if Separate groups.) This means that if instructors are also using a group to apply overrides for accommodations since the users could see other student's private information. Instructors should can prevent students from viewing the participants page if they need to BOTH filter their gradebook by groups AND are using a accommodations group for overrides.