Users and Groups

1. How can I list ID numbers of students
2. How can I create a Group?
3. How can I group students randomly?
4. How can I tailor an activity by group?
5. How do I create a group of all users with certain role/s?




How can I list ID numbers of students

• In the Course administration block, click on Users and Enrolled users
• At the top of the page:
  • Click on Type or select... and select Student
  • Click on Select and select Roles
• At the bottom of the page:
  • Click on Select all...
  • Click on With selected users... and select List ID numbers
    Alternatively, select one of the Download table data as options, and extract the IDs from the file that is generated.
    Note: In CSE courses, there is an addtional option List CSE usernames.

Options List ID numbers and List CSE usernames are HUJI features.



How can I create a Group?

• In the Course administration block, click on Users and on Groups
• In the Groups page, click on Create group
• In the Group edit page, enter the Group name and click on Save changes
• In the Groups page, ensure that the new group is selected
• Click on Add/remove users
• Select user/s and click on Add

How can I group students randomly?

• Under Course administration, click on Users and on Groups
• Click on button Auto-create groups
• In field Naming scheme enter e.g. Batch# to name the groups Batch1, Batch2....
• • To divide students into groups of equal size:
    • Set field Auto create based on to Members per group
    • In field Group/member count enter the number of students per group
  • To divide students into a fixed number of groups:
    • Set field Auto create based on to Number of groups
    • In field Group/member count enter the number of groups
• Set field Grouping of auto-created groups to No grouping.
  *Alternatively, set it to New grouping and enter a name in field Grouping name
• Click on Preview
• Click on Submit

*If you will be using the groups in a Moodle activity.



How can I tailor an activity by group?
Suppose some students should get one Questionaire and other students another.

• Prepare the Questionnaires
• Create a Group for each Questionnaire and add students appropriately. (See How can I create a Group? above.)
• In each Questionnaire's Settings, in section Restrict access:
  • Click on Add restriction...
  • In the popup, click on Group
  • Select the appropriate Group from menu Choose...
  • Click on the eye icon to ensure that Students who do not belong to the group do not know that the Questionnaire exists

How do I create a group of all users with certain role/s?

• On the Groups page, create a group with appropriate name
  If the group is intended to be confidential e.g. it will be based on one of the Miluim roles, set Group membership visibility to Hidden
• On the Participants page:
  • Select Roles from the Select dropdown menu
  • Select one or more roles from the new dropdown menu that opens
  • Click on button Apply filters
  • At the bottom of the page, click on Select all NNN users (where NNN is the number of users selected)
  • Select List ID numbers from the With selected users... menu
  • Cut and paste the ID numbers to a file
  • Add a comma followed by the group name to each line of the file
• On the Bulk enrolments page:
  • Upload the file
  • Select Enrol/Assign users to No
  • Click on button Add/Assign/Add users