Yellowdig: Connecting Canvas Groups

In the Canvas navigation bar, select People. Then click Group Set to begin setting up student groups.

In the Create Group Set tool, you can give the set of groups a name. There is also an option to allow students to choose their own groups. In the Group Structure menu, choose one of the following:

• Split students by number of groups: this will allow you to specify the number of groups, while the number of students per group will vary
• Split number of students per group: this will allow you to specify the number of students in each group, while the number of groups will vary

You can also select Require group members to be in the same section. (For example: if you have an undergraduate section and a graduate section in the same Canvas course, this would create groups that separate undergraduate and graduate students.)

From Yellowdig Support: Automatic Group Creation in Yellowdig Using Canvas Groups or Sections.

It is now possible for organizations using Canvas to enable Yellowdig group creation via LTI from Groups or Sections that are created inside of the Canvas LMS.

To enable this functionality for your course, go to Settings -- Groups in the left-hand menu of your Yellowdig community.

Once there, enable groups via the "Groups Enabled?" toggle as seen below:

Once you have toggled groups on, you should* see a drop-down menu appear that says "LTI property to use to determine group associations". In that drop-down you should set the source of the grouping information:

• Select "Canvas Group Context IDs" if you are planning to have Yellowdig groups honor the Canvas group feature. That feature is accessible in Canvas by clicking "People" and creating group sets in your Canvas course shell.

If you have not already done so, make sure you have configured your Groups or Sections in Canvas. Once students start launching in Yellowdig groups should populate according to the Canvas configuration.

Additional Resources

• TLC Instructor Guide: Teaching with Yellowdig