Groups – Enhancements to improve usability and administration

Arriving September 18, 2015, enhancements have been made to the Groups tool that enable learners to join groups more easily, and give instructors and administrators the option to set up and manage groups more efficiently. The enhancements are as follows:

• When creating or editing a group category, the Enrollment Type called # of Groups of # - Self Enrollment has been changed to # of Groups, Capacity of # - Self Enrollment to clarify its usage. 
• When creating or editing a group category, a Group Prefix field is now present. 

New Category page in Groups tool showing new enrollment type and group prefix

• When creating or editing a group category that supports self enrollment, a Set Self Enrollment Expiry Date option is now available. 
• When creating or editing a category, and when Set Self Enrollment Expiry Date is selected, the Allocate unenrolled users after Self Enrollment Expiry Date option can also be selected. 

Self Enrollment options available when editing a Category

• Once a category and groups with capacities have been created, capacity markers display (in the form x/y where x is the number of enrolled students and y is the capacity).
• Students can now see the names of the members of each group before they enroll. 
• Students can now leave a group after they have self enrolled if they choose to enroll into a different group.