[ARCHIVED] How do I change order of students to keep semester groups separate?

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shaspaz
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How Can I re arrange student order to group for different classes of students. Canvas puts them all together and in otherwords I want to keep groups of students from different semesters separate?

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mzimmerman
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Hello Sharon,

Are you using the "free for teachers" version of Canvas?

The best way to manage grouping students within the course for the kind of situation you describe is probably to create a new section for each semester, and put the students from that semester into their own section.   You can also use sections to ensure that the students from different semesters don't see each other in discussions, control the dates that the course is available to each semester's students, differentiate assignment dates, etc.

See

How do I add a section to a course as an instructor?

How do I edit sections for an enrollment in a course?

How do I limit a user to only interact with other users in the same course section?

How do I change the start and end dates for a course section as an instructor? 

https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-16554-4152813659 

etc.

Mike

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