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'''Use Student Groups in Canvas for collaborative work, discussions, and peer review assignments. This guide walks you through setting up a graded Discussion for use by two or more Student Groups.'''

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===Part 1 of 2: Create the Groups===

To create Student Groups, start at your site's '''“People”''' page (click "People" in the Course Navigation Menu at left)
* Click the blue '''“+Group Set”''' to create a Group Set, such as “Peer Review Groups”
* You can have Canvas auto-split students into groups or assign manually
* Then create the groups within the set, such as:
** Group 1
** Group 2
** Group 3
* Add students to the Groups by dragging them from the list at left into the “Group” member field

'''NOTE:''' Your site’s '''"People"''' page may be hidden from student view/access:
* this is okay, it just means students will use the "Groups" button in the global nav menu at far left to access the Groups they are members of
* '''Or''' -- you can make the "People" page available to students -- directions for how to edit the Course Navigation Menu are after the Part 2 instructions

===Part 2 of 2: Create the graded Discussion===

In the Discussion’s settings, check the boxes:
* under “Options”
** “Allow threaded replies”
** “Users must post before seeing replies”
** “Graded”
* at the Group Discussion setting:
** “This is a Group Discussion”

===How to edit the Course Navigation Menu===

To edit/make navigation tabs visible to or hidden from students in the Course Navigation Menu:
* click on '''Settings''' at bottom of the Course Navigation Menu
* at the next page, click on '''Navigation''' (along top-middle)
* at the Navigation page:
** the top section is for tabs you would like students to see and be able to access
** the bottom section is for tabs you want to hide from students
* '''click on and drag tabs''' to move them from one section to another
* or click on the gear icon to show or hide the navigation tab
* when finished, click the blue '''Save''' button at bottom of the page

===Need Help?===
*When using Canvas and you encounter an issue, click on '''Help''' in the lower left corner of the Canvas site.
**This opens a pop-up window with different help options such as:
***'''[https://community.canvaslms.com/community/answers/guides/ Search the Canvas Guides]''' - view help documentation by Instructure (the makers of Canvas)
***'''Report a Problem''' - submit a help ticket via Canvas which goes to your Academic Technologies team
***'''[https://community.canvaslms.com/community/answers Ask the Community]''' - a lively forum with answers to many Canvas questions

*If you are unable to access/log in to Canvas, submit a [https://help.evergreen.edu help ticket] to Academic Technologies or from the upper right corner of your MyEvergreen page.

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