How do I add a student to an existing group without wiping all their data?

[knut_e_bonnier]

I find this group system in canvas rather counter intuitive and tedious to use. I tried to have the students make groups themselves but the only groups they were able to form were so called "student groups" which I for some strange reason cant even grade...So then I had to add the students to groups manually. Later more students joined the course, but now I cant add any more students to the groups that I created myself...System tells me that I will wipe all data in the process of adding another member to the group(!!!). Is there any way to overcome this or do I have to do it the old fashioned way and just stop using canvas?? This has been a complete waste of time in a very busy part of the year. Not happy!

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello there,  @knut_e_bonnier ...

I am reviewing older questions in the Canvas Community, and I came across your question.  I am sorry to see that your question has been sitting out here unanswered since you first posted it on September 6, 2019.  I'm not sure I really have an answer/solution for you, but I did want to check in with you.  Have you been able to find any solutions on your own since you first posted your question that you would be willing to share back here in this topic with us?  Or, are you still looking for some help with this question?  Either way, we would like to hear back from you.  For the time being, I am going to mark your question as "Assumed Answered"...not because we've necessarily been able to help find a solution for you...but more because we have not heard back from you and because there hasn't been any new activity in this topic for over five months.  However, that won't keep you or others from posting additional questions and/or comments below that are related to this topic.  I hope that this is okay with you, Knut.  Looking forward to hearing back from you soon.