Relevant to Moodle 3.6 8 from July 2019 September 2020 onwards
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Once you have created Groups in your module you may need to send a message just to your group rather than all participants...here's how. |
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Note: By setting setting "Force group mode" to "'Yes"', the setting you choose (e.g., Visible or Separate groups) will automatically be applied to any new Activities you create (not to activities created prior to the change) therefore make sure you change the settings for each activity if you require it to be different.
2. Click the 'Cogwheel Actions' menu icon
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and select 'Groups'
3. Click the 'Create group' button
4. Type in a
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"Group name" and optional
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"Description" (the description is displayed above the list of group members on the 'Participants' page)
5. Click on the 'Save changes' button
6. Select the
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group to which you want to add participants, then click on
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the 'Add
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7. In the "Potential members" list, select the users you want to add to the group. Multiple users may be selected using the Crtl key.
8. Click
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the 'Add' button to add the users to the group
This process sends a message to the students through Moodle's internal instant messaging system.
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3. Scroll down and choose the group. The list of participants will update to show only the participants relevant to this group.
4. Either select the individual groups members (via check boxes)
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or 'Select all' (at the bottom) and then in
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the "With selected users..." drop-down box choose
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'Send a message
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This process sends a message to each student. They receive it as...
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There is NO subject or module context on the message - is it sent from one person (teacher) to another (student) so you should unclude include the name of the module in the message to give it a context.
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