Groups
Video Introduction (German): Working with groups
Quick Links
- Create Groups
- Become a group member
- Using Group Tools
- Leave a group
- Group Administration
- LTI Sharing
- Roles in groups
For authorized persons with administrative tasks:
In groups, persons work together: in a course, across several courses or completely independently of courses. You configure each group for its purpose. This chapter describes how to configure and use groups for different purposes.
Where to find OpenOlat groups?
You reach the groups in which you are a member via the entry "Groups" in the main navigation. The tab "My groups" lists your active groups:
Groups > My groups
The other tabs show further selections. "Favourites" shows the groups you have marked with the icon "Add bookmark" in the list, "Inactive groups" your inactive groups. "Published groups" shows published groups in which you are not yet a member and which you can join. Under "Search" you find groups with a search term.
With many groups, the filters help you keep track, for example "Name" or "Published". You expand and collapse the filter bar with the small arrow below the tabs.
In the list you can
- leave a group, with "Leave" in the row of the group
- delete a group in which you are a coach: via at the end of the row with "Delete". Whoever creates a group is its coach.
- after a click on a group, see its members and, if the group allows it, get in contact with them
- use the tools of the group
What types of groups are there?
Learning groups within a course
For group work in a course, you form learning groups in the members management of the course: Course > Administration > Members management.
Groups that attend several courses together
This type of group corresponds to a class that stays together for a longer period of time and attends different courses together. Instead of enrolling each participant in a course individually, you add the entire group to the course. If you delete a group associated with a course, the course remains.
Interest groups
Groups also come into being completely independently of courses, for example to share common interests. All teachers in a subject area form a joint group, or learners form groups on their own initiative to prepare for exams.
Managed Groups
Additional software such as the Syncher creates groups and assigns their members automatically. In this way, OpenOlat takes over groups that already exist in other systems.
Note
The information in this chapter is primarily intended for participants, coaches and course owners (authors).
If you are also in charge of managing the groups, further actions are available to you. The page Group management describes them.