Groups and sections in Canvas
Groups and Sections comparison
 | Groups | Sections | |
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1 | Guides | ||
2 | Accessed via | Course > People > Groups tab Students who are in groups will see a Groups tab on the left-hand Global Navigation Menu on their interface. | Course > Settings > Sections tab |
3 | Purpose |
| Student lists for lectures, tutorials, seminar, laboratory, recitation. |
4 | Creation |
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5 | Download lists | You can download the group lists by following these instructions. (While the instructions are for importing groups, look out for the Download Course Roster CSV File step.) | |
6 | Others | Each group has a group homepage, which allows the group (and their teachers) to access a mini-Canvas consisting of: Announcements, Pages, People, Discussions, Files and Collaborations. |
Groups and Sections in Canvas tools
Tools where neither groups nor sections are applicable are not listed.
Files, Modules, Pages and Videos/Panopto cannot be assigned to groups nor sections.
Tool | Groups | Sections | |
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1 | Not applicable. | ||
2 | Group assignments | ||
3 | Not applicable. | Take attendance by section. | |
4 | Not applicable. | ||
5 | Can be set up using groups. | Not applicable. | |
6 | Create a discussion to be assigned to groups. Discussion appears in respective group's home page. | Create a discussion to be assigned to sections. Separate discussions for each section appears in Discussions. | |
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8 | Send messages to groups. | Send messages to sections. | |
9 | Not applicable. | ||
10 | Filter student list by sections. | ||
11 | Not applicable. | Invite up to 3 sections to join meeting. |
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