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Using the Group Pages Feature

Accessing Your Group Page | Group Pages Features

Instructors who desire to have groups of students collaborate on projects may utilize their course Group Pages feature as a tool for creating space for groups of students to have their own discussion board, virtual classroom or chat session, file exchange, or email list.  Only the instructor and students who have been added to a group have access to that Group Page. 

Accessing Your Group Page

  1. Login into your course site.
  2. Click the Communication link in the navigation menu.
  3. Click Group Pages.
  4. Click on the name of your group page.

Group Pages Features

Group Discussion Boards
Function in the same manner as the general course Discussion Board.

Virtual Classroom & Chat
The Collaboration feature contains Virtual Classroom and Chat sessions that only participants in the group can use.  These synchronous tools function the same way as the Collaboration tools for the general classroom.

File Exchange
You may share files with group members only by follow these steps:

  1. Click the File Exchange link.
  2. Click the Add File button.
  3. Type a name for your file.
  4. Click the Browse button.
  5. Locate the file you want to share.  Click on its name and click Open.
  6. Click the Submit button.

Email
The group email feature functions the same way as the Send Email feature for the general classroom.  However, your list of persons you may email is limited to just group members.

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