Understand class groups, group sets, and project teams
Use Groups in a class to keep student groupings you may want again. A group can sit inside a named group set or stand on its own.
Group sets and standalone groups
Section titled “Group sets and standalone groups”A group set keeps related groups together under one name. Examples include lab stations, reading groups, table groups, or workshop rotations.
A set does not have to include every student in the class. You can save the groups you need and leave other active students in Unplaced. A student may also belong to groups in more than one set. Sets organize reusable membership; they do not make the groups compete for students.
A standalone group is one reusable classroom group that does not belong to a set. Use one when you need a single committee, conference group, or other grouping without building a complete shelf of related groups.
Classroom groups and project teams are different
Section titled “Classroom groups and project teams are different”Classroom groups live in Classes. When you use one in an assignment, it stays linked to the classroom group. Changing its membership in Classes changes the team anywhere that classroom group is linked.
Project teams live on one assignment only. Use them when the arrangement should not stay linked to a reusable classroom group. If a project arrangement proves useful later, you can copy its project teams into Classes with Save as a set. The project teams themselves remain attached to that assignment.
Classes allows partial membership; Assign checks exact participation
Section titled “Classes allows partial membership; Assign checks exact participation”These two rules are intentionally different:
- In Classes, a set may include only some active students. Students left in Unplaced simply are not members of that set.
- In an assignment, once you choose team-based work, every student included under Who must be on exactly one selected team before that classroom-group selection can be added.
Assign names students who are missing from a team or appear in more than one selected group. It also warns when a selected classroom group contains someone outside the Who selection, because that student will be included in the project too.
Who can manage groups
Section titled “Who can manage groups”Class owners and co-teachers can create and change groups. Assistants can view group sets and membership but do not see the group-management actions.
When a student leaves the roster
Section titled “When a student leaves the roster”A withdrawn student remains visible in an existing group as no longer on the roster. The student no longer counts toward the active group size and is not offered for new placement, but Rectangle keeps the membership so earlier team history remains accurate.