Groups, sections and differentiation tags in Canvas

Groups, Sections & Differentiation Tags comparison

		Groups	Sections	Differentiation Tags

		Groups	Sections	Differentiation Tags
1	Guides	Groups	Sections	Differentiation tags
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	Course > People
3	Purpose	To organise students for group work, presentations, projects etc. For collaboration.	Student lists for lectures, tutorials, seminar, laboratory, recitation.	Custom organisation of students into assignable groups.
4	Creation	Manual, not synced with EduRec. Create via random assignment, manual assignment, by file import or student sign-up.	Automatic, based on information from EduRec. For official academic courses, sections are not editable by users.	Manual assigning of tags.
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.)	Download student lists with section information.	-
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.	Create attendance list.	-

	Tool	Groups	Sections	Differentiation Tags

	Tool	Groups	Sections	Differentiation Tags
1	Announcements	Not applicable.	Post announcements to sections.	Assignable.
2	Assignments	Group assignments (not applicable to external tools e.g. Turnitin).	Differentiated dates for individual sections.	Assignable.
3	Attendance (Roll Call)	Not applicable.	Take attendance by section.	Not applicable.
4	Calendar	Group appointment sign-up.	Not applicable.	Not applicable.
5	Collaborations	Can be set up using groups.	Not applicable.	Not applicable.
6	Discussions	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.	Assignable.
7	Grades	Filter students by groups and/or sections.	Filter students by groups and/or sections.	Not applicable.
8	Inbox	Send messages to groups.	Send messages to sections.	Assignable.
9	Modules		Assign Modules to sections.	Not applicable.
10	Pages		Assign Pages to sections.	Assignable.
11	Quizzes	Not applicable.	Differentiated dates for individual sections.	Assignable.
12	SpeedGrader	Grade group assignments.	Filter student list by sections.	Not applicable.
13	Zoom	Not applicable.	Invite up to 3 sections to join meeting. Add up to 5 sections to view recordings. Requirements and limitations	Not applicable.