How do I create a group?

By default, Principals and Teachers are the only users able to create groups. When a teacher creates a group, the group is associated with (created under) the school they belong to. The teacher is able to add students they teach to the group and invite anybody in the school community to join the group. No one outside the school community can be invited to join the group or see the group.

To create a Group:

From the home screen, click the My Groups panel title.
The Groups list window appears. Click Create in the top right corner of the window.
The Create Group form appears. Fill out the Name, Group Type, Show To, Membership, and Permission fields. Add relevant Tags & Search Terms to help your group be found by users with similar interests.
Click Create Group and the Group will appear on the My Groups panel.

Create Group Form

Name	Choose a name for the group.
Type	Regular Group, Club, & Team have the same functionality. A Professional Learning Community includes a Planner like that found in a class. A Badge groups awards and tracks certification and badges. A List group can include students without the student knowing they belong to a group. Changing the group type to Archive will remove it from the home screen of moderators and members. A Study Group is setup by Te Rito and automatically enrols students and teachers in a group if they are teaching or taking the same course. A Professional Development Group enables people to take a professional development training. Moderators are content creators and facilitators. Members are participants. Contains a Course Builder. Learning Object Repository enables people to share files.
Picture	Use the standard group icon or choose the group’s icon by clicking Browse and locating a jpg or png file from your computer. Drag and drop is also supported. The image file will automatically scale to the dimensions of the group icon.
About this group	Add a brief description about the focus of the group.
Moderators	Type in the names of additional Moderators. Moderators automatically see the group in the My Groups panel.
Show to	Choose which type of users can see the group name when they click on the More Groups link in the You Might Like… panel.
Membership	Choose whether the group has an open or closed membership. Open = Visible in groups list, anyone can join Closed = Visible in groups list, must ask moderator to join
Add Tags & Search Terms	Add relevant Subjects, Year Levels, and Interests to your group to help users find it.
Permissions and Options	This section is collapsed initially; click the blue arrow to expand the section.
Invite People	Controls who can invite other people to this group.
Make Posts	Controls who can post Notes and create Polls.
Reply to Posts	Controls who can reply to Notes and participate in Polls.
Edit Knowledge Base	Controls who can create, edit, and delete Knowledge Base entries.
Edit Calendar	Controls who can create, edit, and delete Calendar Events.
View Members	Controls who can see the Members panel.
Enable Attendance	Organisations that use the Te Rito Attendance system for classes can also take attendance for groups. When enabled, an attendance link will appear within the group if the group has a student as a member.