Paper Pumpkin - Campus Clubs and Groups

Chris_Hofer
Community Coach
Community Coach
‎10-12-2015 02:08 PM
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Groups.jpgOver the past few months, I've helped answer a handful of questions re: people wanting to set up a campus club or group in Canvas that lives outside of any course.  The club/group isn't tied to any one course.  For example, we have a Multicultural Club, an Auto Technicians Club, an Accounting Club, and a Chiropractic Specialist Club (to name a few) in our Canvas instance.

In order to set this up, you need to have Admin access to your Canvas instance.  If you don't have this kind of access, speak to someone who is at your school.  Here's what you get: Home, Announcements, Pages, People, Discussions, Files, Conferences, and Collaborations.

Here are the steps to setting this up:

Go to your Admin Pages (Managed Account) of Canvas.

  1. Go to your Admin Pages (Managed Account) of Canvas.
  2. Click People on the left nav.
  3. On the upper right corner of the screen, click on the More People Options (three dots) button.
  4. Select View user groups.
  5. Click the + Group Set button to name your group set (for example, "Clubs").
  6. Click the + Group button to add the name of a group within that Group Set.
  7. Begin adding people to the Group by clicking on the round + icon next to the name of the group.  You can search for a person's name or their e-mail address.
  8. Click on the cog wheel to set the Group Leader.  At this time, there can only be one Leader per group.

Keep in mind that if you have the same person in multiple groups, it will be necessary to first create an additional Group Set (step #5) since an individual cannot currently be assigned to two or more Groups within the same Group Set.

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Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni
‎01-28-2017 08:04 AM

Are you using Canvas for non-academic purposes, such as clubs and organizations? Whether you're using account-level groups or courses, or a mixture of both, you'll enjoy exchanging ideas and finding new ones in this week's CanvasLIVE‌ Twitter chat #CanvasChat: Clubs & Activities (1/31) , coming up on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. RSVP “yes” if you will be there--and if you’re interested, but your schedule doesn’t allow you to attend in real time, RSVP "no" or "maybe" to receive all event updates. Your RSVP ensures that you will receive a notification should the event be cancelled or changed.

amanda_lemaster
Community Explorer
‎07-20-2021 12:25 PM

I understand this is quite an old thread here, but I'm wondering how a group leader is notified of the group? I just assigned (as an administrator) myself as a group leader for a club. When I went back into my dashboard I don't see any notification/invitation for participation on that page. I also don't even know where I would go to find the club. If this is confusing for me, I'm worried about how students will see this. 

Note: I'm testing this in beta mode, wondering if maybe that is why?

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