How do I allow student visibility of different functions in the course?

[s225r054]

I can't seem to figure out how to enable visibility for students of some of the key features like the groups in the People tab. It says it is not available to students. I can't figure out how to make it visible to students. HELP!

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello @s225r054 ...

First, you will need to create a Group Set.  I like to think of a Group Set as the same as an assignment name.  You can then create groups of students within that Group Set.  For example, you might have an assignment called "Tent Camping".  Then, you might have four groups of five students each (Team Red, Team Green, Team Blue, Team Yellow).  You would then assign students to each of these teams (groups) that you created within that group set.  Similarly, for the 20 students in your course, you might have a separate group set called "Preparing a Picnic".  In the same way, you could create four new sets of teams (Team Squirrels, Team Chipmunks, Team Frogs, Team Robins).  You could place your 20 students in completely different groups within this group set so that they are working with other people for this assignment vs. the first assignment.

• How do I add a group set in a course? - Instructure Community
• How do I manually create groups in a group set? - Instructure Community
• How do I manually assign students to groups? - Instructure Community

From a student perspective, there are a couple Guides that may be helpful for them:

• How do I view all groups in a course as a student? - Instructure Community
• How do I view my Canvas groups as a student? - Instructure Community

I'm not sure if this info will be of help or not, but hopefully it will.  Please let Community members know if you have other questions about this...thanks!

[s225r054]

Thanks - I've created the groups. But, in my view as an instructor it says that they are not visible to students and the student view does not show "groups" in their navigation bar. I need help to make them visible not create them. Thanks.

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @s225r054 ...

Could you please share a screenshot of the message you are seeing on your end where it says the groups are not visible to students?

Thanks!