Create student groups in Classroom
When you’re using Classroom, you can select certain student devices to perform actions on. You can always select a single student to perform actions on their device. For more than one student, you may want to use a specific group. There are three types of groups used in Classroom:
Smart groups
Dynamic groups
Groups you create manually
Smart groups
Classroom automatically creates Smart groups for certain students and their devices.
All Students: Total number of students in a class, regardless of how they’re connecting to the class or whether they are online or offline. The icon that appears next to All Students is the symbol used when the class was created.
Nearby: Students in a nearby class.
Remote: Students in a remote class.
Offline: Students that aren’t connected to a class.
iPad: Students that are connecting with an iPad.
Mac: Students that are connecting with a Mac.
Locked: Students whose devices are locked (nearby classes only).
Low battery: If a student’s device has a low battery, they appear in this group.
Dynamic groups
Dynamic groups are automatically created when students use different apps, or, in the case of iPad devices, the Home Screen. For example, if four students are using Safari, a dynamic group is created showing those four students.
Manually created groups
You can create groups manually based on specific criteria. For example, if three students are working on a project together, you can create a group just for them and then guide them to look at specific websites or an EPUB or PDF that pertain to their project. You can create temporary groups without needing to contact the MDM administrator. You can remove only groups you create manually.
Manually create a group
In Classroom
, select a class in the sidebar.
Click the New Group button
in the lower-left corner of the sidebar.Enter a name for the group, then click OK.
Select each student who will be a member of this group, then click Add.
A tick
appears for each student you select.Click Done in the upper-right corner of the screen.
The group now appears in the sidebar.
Edit a group you created
In Classroom
, select a class in the sidebar.Click Edit at the top of the sidebar.
Click the Actions button
next to a group, then do one of the following:Edit the group’s members
Duplicate the group
Rename the group
Delete the group
Follow any necessary prompts to complete the selected action, then click Done.