Groups – MoodleDocs

The subject Groups came up in the TSL orientation. So here is more on the Moodle Groups function.

I thought there would plenty of good documentation about the Groups function available at moodle.org. I would just reference a couple of good sources and it would be covered, right? Well, there are resources, and you are welcome to poke around through them. However, they aren’t what I was hoping for – a nice summary of group use and an overview of selecting among the options provided.

Also: watch out for versions – the Moodle documents (docs.moodle.org) may contain references to as many as 3 separate versions of Moodle – pre-1.7, 1.9 and ?? on a single page. Check with the context-sensitive help provided with the installed version of Moodle to be sure.

Groups FAQ – MoodleDocs
docs.moodle.org/en/Groups_FAQ
— lots of questions and answers, some general overview, others more complex

Groups – MoodleDocs
The Groups feature allows a teacher to assign teachers and students to a group within a course. Participants in a course can belong to more than one group …
docs.moodle.org/en/Groups
— instructions for setting up groups

Using Moodle: Groups
You may wish to browse and/or contribute to Moodle Docs Groups. Page: 1 2 3 4 (Next) …. Have you solutions to these drawbacks of moodle groups please? …
moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=1490
— discussion forum – enter as guest – whole discussion on groups with people asking and answering specific questions

Using Moodle: Thinking Through Groups
Here are some comments and observations about the “Groups” interface (where an instructor can put participants in distinct groups) and other group-related …
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=63054
— discussion forum – just enter as a guest ok to see comments – more talking about the function than how students and instructors use it, but it might answer some of your questions

Do any of these give you a good general understanding of the Moodle Groups function? Do these answer your questions?

If you find other resources that are good ones, please pass them along.