Title: Group creation activity: Creating a group yourself and joining a group created by another student
Course: Student Moodle orientation template > Section: Learning together

Purpose and outcome: Teachers often use the group creation activity in Moodle to give students the opportunity to add their group information to Moodle themselves. In this activity, you practice adding a new group to Moodle and joining a group added by another student.

Proceed as follows:

1. Group creation activity background information:
  - Usually, a student is a member of only one group at a time.
  - To practice both creating a group and joining a group created by another student, in this activity you can be a member of two different groups.
  - The groups in this activity may have 1 to 3 members in them.
2. Creating a group:
  - Click the group creation activity name.
  - On the page that opens, click Create group, enter a name for the group, then save.
  - The name of the group should be clear and explanatory. It is normal to use either the group members’ surnames or a creative group name which the group members have agreed on together.
  - In a normal situation, you would now notify the members of your group that the group has been created and that the other group members can now join the group.
3. Joining a group created by another student:
  - Select a group created by another student and click Become member of to join the group.
  - You can also leave a group and join another group.

Assessment and activity completion: This activity is not graded. After you have created a new group yourself and joined a group created by another student, you can mark the group creation activity complete by clicking Mark as done.