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Dawn allows you to divide learners into smaller groups within a course to:
- Facilitate collaboration.
- Enhance privacy for learners.
- Create cohorts of learners that can be time-based and limited in number of learners.
Including learners in groups allows them to message their group members all at once and filter their conversations by group.
Administrators can:
Create and manage groups with the Groups screen
Manage and edit groups with the Groups screen
Manage group members with the Groups screen
Create and manage groups with the Catalog > Enrollments screen
Manage and edit groups with the Catalog > Enrollments screen
Administrators can also create groups when enrolling learners or manage groups for leaners with the Learners tool.
Create and manage groups with the Groups screen
To create a group from the Groups screen:
- Open Groups from Administration.
- Click Create new group.
- Provide a Group name and Group description.
- Indicate a Maximum size for the group (between 1-500).
- If you are the Root administrator for the site, you can associate the group with multiple Catalog entries and/or connect them to an Organization.
- Choose whether you want it to be a Private group, meaning that only group members, coaches, and administrators can see group activity.
- Choose whether you want the group to be a Time-based cohort, meaning that members of this group can access content only after a specified date and time.
- Click Create new group.
Manage and edit groups with the Groups screen
Once the group is created, you can:
- Filter by Catalog entry or Organization.
- Search groups to find the one you want.
- Review group details in the table.
- Click the More menu next to a group to Edit or Delete it.
- Select a group to review, delete, and add group members.
Manage group members with the Groups screen
When you select a group from the Groups screen, all group members are listed with their details. From here, you can:
- Search learners.
- Edit or Delete the group.
- Add learners.
- View a learner's Feed and post to it.
- Delete learners from the group.
- Select a learner to see their Enrollments screen.
When in the course, learners can choose to send posts to their group.
Create and manage groups with the Catalog > Enrollments screen
To create a group from the Catalog > Enrollments screen:
- Open Catalog from Administration.
- Select the course you want to see the Enrollments screen for that course.
- Make sure Everyone is selected from the Group dropdown to see all enrolled learners.
- Check the boxes next to the learners you want grouped.
- Click the Add to group icon in the toolbar and select Add to a new group (you can also select Add to an existing group, here if one exists).
- Provide a Group name and Group description.
- Indicate a Maximum size for the group (between 1-500).
- If you are the Root administrator for the site, you can associate the group with multiple Catalog entries and/or connect them to an Organization.
- Choose whether you want it to be a Private group, meaning that only group members, coaches, and administrators can see group activity.
- Choose whether you want the group to be a Time-based cohort, meaning that members of this group can access content only after a specified date and time.
- Click Add selected learners to group.
Manage and edit groups with the Catalog > Enrollments screen
Once the group is created, you can:
- Filter the list by group.
- Remove individuals from the selected group using their more menu.
- Edit any of the settings configured above, Delete, or Add learners to the group
When in the course, learners can choose to send posts to their group.
