Participating in Groups
What are Group Assignments?
In some courses instructors may require you to work with your classmates in groups. In some cases students will be graded individually or as a group on group assignments. If you have been added to a group in a course, the group menu item will appear in the global navigation. View the groups video tutorial and guides below.
Groups Overview
View the video tutorial.
216 - Groups: Creation and Interaction Links to an external site. from Canvas LMS Links to an external site. on Vimeo Links to an external site..
Important Notes
Some instructors may restrict students from forming their own groups in a course.
Canvas Guides
Note: These guides are maintained by the Canvas Documentation Team and are available on the Canvas Community site Links to an external site.. Some of the information in these guides may not apply to the Lake Land College instance of Canvas. If you have a question about a feature mentioned in these guides, please review Getting Help page for details on who to contact at Lake Land College.
Using Groups
- How do I use the People page in a course as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my course analytics as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view all groups in a course as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my Canvas groups as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I join a group as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I leave a group as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a group as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload a file to a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I start a collaboration in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a discussion in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I close a discussion for comments in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I manage groups as a student group leader? Links to an external site.
How to View and Create Announcements in Groups
Note: If your instructor assigns you to a group in the course, you can create announcements in the group.
- How do I view Announcements as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an announcement in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit an announcement in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete an announcement in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an external RSS feed to an announcement as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to the Announcements RSS feed as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to an announcement as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I like a reply in a course announcement as a student? Links to an external site.