Learner Management 

Learner Management Features 

In this section of the manual you will be introduced to Moodle's features for managing learner 

activity, including: 

Groups 

Activities block 

Administration block 

Fig. 51 

Groups 

Moodle allows you to separate students into groups, when for example you assign projects to 

course participants that will work together. You must have either  Separate  or  Visible  groups 

enabled in the course Settings properties (see Fig. 13) to use the Groups feature. If you click on 

 Groups  in the People block (Fig. 51), a screen like Fig 52 appears (you must first click the 

 Turn editing on  button).  

If your course has no students in it 

yet  you  will  see  only  your  name.          

Fig 52 has two students and a 

teacher (#). There are no groups 

yet. To add a group type the name 

of the group in the box next to 

 Add new group,  and then click on 

button. In Fig 53 we have added a 

Fig. 52 

group called  Group1:  

Students can now be added to the 

group. To add a student, simply 

click the student's name and click 

 Add selected to group.  To add 

multiple students to a group at the 

same time, hold down the Shift key 

on your keyboard while clicking on 

each name. If you prefer, you may 

add all of the students to a group 

using the  Randomly assign all to 

groups   button.  After  adding          

Fig. 53 

students to Group1, the screen will 

now look like Fig. 53. If you now 

click  Turn editing off  you will see 

the newly created group (Fig. 54). 

Groups and Activities 

Moodle's Groups feature allows 

you to create distinct activities for 

members of a group. When you 

create an activity, as explained 

Fig. 54 

earlier in the manual, editing tools 

appear in the topic/weekly area 

(Fig. 55) allowing you to select a 

Group relationship for this activity. 

Fig. 55 

Each time you click the Group icon image connected with 

an activity, it will change to reflect a different Group status  

for that activity (e.g., Visible, Separate or No Groups) 

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