Groups in Moodle are usually populated by program staff.

There are two approaches to populating groups:

9732151Adding Participants To A Group: select a group from a list of groups and add participants to the group. If you're working with a list of groups this may be the best method.

9732151Adding Groups To Participants: select a participant from a list of participants and add group/s to that participant. If you're working with a list of participants this may be the best method.

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Adding Participants To A Group Adding Participants To A Group

Adding Participants To A Group

Click on Participants in the Navigation drawer.

Then click the gear icon on the upper-right part of the block and select Groups:

This example has four groups: Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, and Team 4.

Select the group you would like to populate, and click the Add/remove users button.

Select participants from the right pane and click the Add button to add them to the group on the left. You can quickly find a participant by typing their name or part of their name in the Search box below. Also, you can select multiple students by holding down the Control key on your keyboard when you select participants.

Once the group is populated, click the Back to groups button. From there you can select another group and repeat the process if needed.

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Adding Groups To Participants

Click on Participants in the Navigation drawer.

Then click the gear icon on the upper-right part of the block and select Enrolled users:

Next to the student you would like to add to a group, click on the Edit groups for.. button.

Select the group to add the user to and click the Save button. You can add a participant to multiple groups.

You'll see that the student has been added to the group. If needed, you can repeat the process and add more students to groups.