How do I use the group overview?

Groups are intended for collaboration, sharing portfolio items, and viewing the progress of learners/students. Go to the Groups module to see your groups.

There are 3 different types of groups in Simulise:

• My Groups (green): These are the groups you are linked to in Simulise. In most cases, these will be the groups to which you are connected in the LMS. If no nightly synchronization takes place, you will find the groups here that have been manually created by your administrators in Simulise.
• My Workgroups (blue): Workgroups can be created by both students and teachers. Through workgroups, small-scale groups can be formed to collaborate on, for example, portfolio items. Under My Workgroups, you will find the groups in which you participate and/or have been invited.
  • From the filters, you can select Open workgroups. This shows groups that you have access to, based on your permissions, to monitor their progress. If your school uses locations, you only see open workgroups of your own location.
• My Virtual Groups (orange): A virtual group can be created by an administrator. A virtual group is intended to assign students tasks and track their progress.

Marking groups as favorites

If groups are automatically synchronized from your LMS, it is possible that you are linked to many groups. To maintain an overview, you can mark groups as favorites. When a group is marked as a favorite, the following happens:

• The group is placed at the top of the overview.
• The group is placed at the top of the “Groups” widget on your dashboard.

Searching and filtering

Groups, workgroups and virtual groups each have their own table. Use + New group at the top to create a workgroup (or virtual group). With the filters you choose the status (active or archived) and search by users, assignments and templates. Use the search field to quickly find a group. For each group, the table shows the number of members, the number of assignments you still need to assess and the number of templates. Click a number to go there directly.

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