Set Up and Use Student Groups

Student groups let you visually organize students and push tabs to, initiate calls with, or exclude groups of students during GoGuardian Teacher sessions. You can customize the arrangement and ordering of students’ screens. This article covers:

• Creating custom and random groups
• Using commands with student groups
• Editing existing groups
• Reordering groups
• Deleting groups

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Set Up Student Groups

From the Screens view of an active classroom session, select the Student Groups button in the top-right corner to open the group setup modal. There are 2 options for creating groups:

• Custom Groups — Select which students belong in each group.
• Random Groups — Students are assigned to groups randomly. You choose the number of students per group.

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Create Custom Groups

1. Select the checkbox to the left of each student’s name to add them to a group. An “Added!” confirmation appears to the right of the student’s name when they’ve been added.
2. Select Create a new group on the left side of the modal to continue building your groups.
   The Next button becomes available only after every student in the session has been added to a group.
3. On the summary page, select Edit these groups to go back and rearrange students or edit group names before finalizing.

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Create Random Groups

1. After selecting the random groups option, enter the number of students you’d like per group. Students are distributed into separate group sections.
   If any students are left over after distribution, they’ll be added to existing groups, so some groups may be slightly larger than the number you entered.
2. Enter a name for the set of random groups, then select Save & Create Groups in the bottom-right corner of the modal.

3. Once saved, the random groups are automatically available for future sessions under Student Groups > Enable Existing Groups.

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Use Commands With Student Groups

After groups are created, command options appear in the top-right corner of each group section. Available commands for each group are:

• Call group
• Open tab for group
• Exclude group

To open the Commands menu bar for a specific group, select the checkbox next to the group’s name.

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Edit Existing Student Groups

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Edit All Groups at Once

1. Go to Student Groups > Edit Existing Groups. All current groups appear, along with the option to create additional custom or random groups.
2. Edit group names, delete groups, or move students between groups.

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Edit a Single Group

Select the settings button (cog icon) to the right of the group label on the dashboard.

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Move a Student to a Different Group

1. Go to Student Groups > Edit Existing Groups > Edit for the target group, or select the cog icon next to the group on the dashboard.
2. Deselect the checkbox next to the student’s name.
   A student can only belong to 1 group and must belong to at least 1 group when groups are enabled.
3. Open or create the destination group and select the checkbox next to the student’s name to add them.

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Reorder Student Groups

From the Screens view of an active session, select the up/down arrows button in the top-right corner of a group to see the following options:

• Collapse Group
• Move Up
• Move to Top
• Move Down
• Move to Bottom

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Delete a Student Group

1. Go to Student Groups > Existing Groups, then select Delete next to the group you want to remove.
2. Select Yes, Delete in the confirmation prompt to complete the deletion.

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