How to Create a Small Group

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Want to share different messages for group projects, study groups, or centers? Trying to differentiate assignments for your students? Teachers can create small groups within their main groups to make communication simple! Within small groups, you and your students can post, just as you would to a group.

 

How to create a small group

  1. Select the desired group on the left panel of your Edmodo homepage.
  2. Select the “Small Groups” tab at the top of the group’s communication stream.
  3. Select the “New Small Groups” button at the top right of the page.
  4. Enter a small group name, and click “Create”.

Note: At this time, the gradebook is only organized by the main groups and any grade given to students in small groups will appear in the main group gradebook. Teachers get creative with small groups, just think about all the possibilities!

To add members to the small group:

  1. Click on the main group on the left panel (your small group you just created will appear below the main group)
  2. Select the “Small Groups” tab at the top of the group’s communication stream.
  3. Click on the small group’s name.
  4. Drag and drop students from the right panel to the center of the small group page. Any student you drop into this small group will automatically see the small group, under the main group, on the student’s account. Or, to add all members from the main group into the small group, select the “Add All Members” button above the “Small Groups” tab.
  5. Click on the red “x” next to the student’s name if you would like to remove a member from the small group.

Note: By default, the group’s owner and any co-teachers of the group will be members of the small group.

 

 

To remove members from the group:

  1. Click the red “x” at the bottom right corner of a student’s name.

 

To rename or archive a small group:

  1. Click the “Small Groups” option at the top of the main group’s communication stream.
  2. Click the settings wheel icon  to the right of the group name.
  3. Click “Rename” or “Archive.”

 

To delete a small group:

  1. Click the “Small Groups” option at the top of the main group’s communication stream.
  2. Click the settings wheel icon to the right of the group name.
  3. Click the red “x” icon to the right of the group name.