Using Groups in LMS Courses

August 2011 F-T Teacher In-Service

My Groups vs Groups in an LMS Class

• My Groups Quicklink takes you to group pages to which you have been made a member or leader– Need to request a group through Jackie– Jackie works with IT to get it setup– You may be asked to provide the names of the

leader(s) and members, as well as the purpose– Examine some groups for curriculum libraries

• Group Pages in an LMS course are for class groups– Use of Context Manager to create

LMS Groups Background

• Groups– Is Datacluster limiting?– Need Cloud Storage

• Helpful for groups who may need to work independently yet share

– What do you want groups to do?• Just make a final product?• Process and the Product are Important?• Do you need to see the work along the way and check up on

them?• Do you need documentation of group activity in the LMS Course?

– E-portfolios – collection place to display for others?

Video for Group Creation in LMS

• http://academicsupport.southeasttech.edu/mytechresources/Materials/LMS/Other%20Faculty%20Tasks/Group%20Creation.mp4

Other Group Considerations

• Will group members evaluate each other?• Will you evaluate them individually or share

group grade?• Do you want groups to see each other’s pages?• When course copies over, adjust permissions for

each group?• Need clear objectives set and criteria for

performance.

General StepsNeed good Skill with Context Manager

• Create Group Pages in Course• Place Portlets on Created Pages• Assign Permissions for Members to Just Post,

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