Create Your Own Student Groups in Canvas

As a student, you can create Student Groups in Canvas to collaborate with classmates, such as forming study groups or discussing assignments. You may belong to more than one student group in a course.

Note: If you cannot see the People link in Course Navigation or the Add Group button, your instructor has restricted this feature.

Create a Student Group

In Course Navigation, click the People link.

Click the Groups tab [1].
- You can also access your groups through the Options menu:
  - Click the Options icon [2].
  - Select View User Groups [3].

Click the Add Group button.

Enter a name in the Group Name field.

Choose how members can join the group from the Joining drop-down menu

Course members are free to join [1]: Any student in the course can join the group.
Membership by invitation only [2]: Only students you invite can join.

Invite Students

You can invite classmates to join your group.

In the Invite Students search field, click in the field or type one or more letters of a student's first name [1].
Select the student from the list [2].
Repeat this process to invite additional students.

Notes:

If the group allows course members to join freely, students who were not invited can still see the group and join it from the student group list.
If the group is set to invitation only, students who were not invited will not see the group in the list.
To add or remove students later, contact your instructor. Your instructor can manage group membership or designate you as a student group leader, which allows you to manage membership.

Review and Manage Invitations

Invited students appear in the Invite Students field.
To remove a student from the invitation list, click the Remove icon.

Finish Creating the Group

Click the Submit button to create the group.

Your new group will appear in your course groups [1].
To open the group, click the Visit link [2].

Edit or Switch Groups

To change the group name, click the Edit Group button.
To switch between groups you have created, click the Select Group drop-down menu.