This article describes using the Group Sign-up to join pre-existing groups and when students will create their own groups. This is an optional tool that your instructor may enable assigning students to groups for projects or assignments,

For many courses, groups are pre-determined or set up differently so students will only need to follow these instructions if explicitly told to by instructors.

Group Sign-up block:

If your instructor has enabled group sign-up, students will see the Group-Sign-up block into the drawer on the right side of the main page of your course:

If you do not see information blocks on the right side of your main course page, click the 'Open block drawer' button:

Note: You may have to scroll down the block drawer to find the Group Sign-up block:

Join an existing group: 

You will not be able to 'Edit group' until you 'Join existing group.'

If you are joining an existing group, use the 'Join existing group' link.

To join a group, click the check box beside a group:

When you join a group, you will get a confirmation pop-up: 'Successfully joined group'.

If a group is full, you will not be able to see the group.

Leave a group:

If group selections have not been locked by the instructor, you can also leave a group whether it has been created by you, another student or by your instructor.

If you have chosen the wrong group, click on 'Edit group,' then click the 'Leave group' checkbox:

Create/Edit a group: 

If your instructor has set up the Group Sign-up block to allow students to create their own groups, you will see the 'Create/Edit a group' link. Click there to begin:

 You will have the options both to name the group you are creating and also to allow your classmates to find your group:

Enrolling other students in your group:

Once you have created a group, you can enroll classmates in your group by typing their names or by selecting them from the 'Type a name' dropdown list:

Note: If your instructor has set a limit to the group size, you will see an error message: 'ERROR: Too many members in group' when you try to 'Save changes' to your group. Click the 'x' beside each name to remove a member until you can save your group without an error.

Lock your group choice:

Clicking Lock my group choice will remove your ability to make any changes and remove the ability for anyone but your instructors to remove you from a group.

Locking group choices is not required or recommended under normal circumstances.

View group:

If you wish to see who else is in your group, click on 'View group':

You will see a simple list of your group members:

Related Article:

Using the Group Sign-Up block (Instructors)