Suppose you would like your students to work together in small groups to create something like a paper, a project, or a presentation. A Canvas group will provide your students with a collaborative workspace where they can work in that small group to share files, hold video conferences, or work on writing assignments that you have created.

Ways Groups Can Function in Your Class

When you create a group, you are essentially creating a digital space for those students to collaborate and communicate. Here are some ideas on ways you can leverage groups in your course:

Create Study Groups
Each Group has its own announcements feature, discussions area, content pages, space for files, opportunities to hold conferences and participate in real-time collaboration. This could be a great space for students to communicate and work together on group projects.
Create Group Assignments
Under assignment settings, there is an option for group assignment. Instead of all students having to submit an assignment, Canvas will allow one person from each group to submit on behalf of their team. As an instructor, you can choose to grade the assignment as a group (all members will receive the same grade) or individually.
Create Small Group Discussions
It might be beneficial to break your discussions into groups to have a more intimate and deeper conversation. Only the members of the group will see and respond to their group's post (even though all students are posting to the same discussion topic).

You can create your groups and assign students manually or automatically. Or, choose to allow students to self-select into the group of their choice.

Canvas Guides

Groups

Video Tutorial

In this video you will learn the basics of group creation and group management.