Friday, October 4, 2013

Moodle 2.5 Group Enrollment Process (One course, multiple sections) #mpsedtech

Moodle 2.5 Group enrollment process

If you are using Moodle to create a blended or online course but teach multiple sections of the same course throughout the year, you will probably want to set up separate groups for each section (or class hour) to facilitate group specific forum discussions, assignments, and for querying grades and user reports by class hour. The video tutorial and step-by-step guide below will help you set up your groups and group enrollment codes. Note: This process should be completed prior to enrolling students. A separate process is needed for manually sorting students into groups who were enrolled manually or through course self enrollment.



Watch the Video here - http://goo.gl/cXBpLW

First



1.   In the Administration block choose to Edit settings
2.   In the Groups section, select Separate groups
3.   Set Force group mode to Yes and then Save your changes



Second

Step 1: Go to Administration Tab and locate “users” under Course Administration



Step 2: Click on Users and then Enrollment Methods



Step 3: Enable “Self-Enrollment by clicking on the open eye icon



Step 4: Click on the setting gear icon for Student Self Enrollment



Step 5: Create an enrollment key. This should be different from the enrollment key(s) you will give to students. You will not tell this enrollment key to others.



Step 6: Check “use group enrollment keys” as yes and scroll to bottom to click save changes



Step 7: Go to Administration Tab and locate “groups” under Course Administration



Step 8: Click “Create Group”. In the Group editor give the group a name and an enrollment key specific to the group (ex. am1 or mrhard1). Click Save.



Step 9: Repeat step 8 for each group or class section you need giving each group a unique enrollment key.