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Faculty will be pleased to know that Canvas has a Groups function, just as Blackboard did, and is\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>functional and flexible.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Faculty can create a variety of groups (<\/span>e.g.<\/span>\u00a0a working group, study group, or project group), and can even allow students to self-sign up, as they could in Blackboard. Groups can be created manually (with the teacher choosing members) or automatically (where group members<\/span>hips<\/span>\u00a0are randomly created<\/span>\u00a0based on the number of groups specified<\/span>).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Faculty can move students from one group with a simple drag and drop movement over their name on the screen.\u00a0<\/span>Leaders can also be assigned to each\u00a0<\/span>group and<\/span>\u00a0are easily managed on-screen.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Once the groups are created, assignments are designated as group assignments in a different area of Canvas. Grades for those assignments can be assigned to\u00a0<\/span>everyone<\/span>\u00a0in a group (protecting individual integrity of work), or the \u201csame grade\u201d for all students in a group. A simple checkbox toggles that function.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”]Group management<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n