The Groups feature in Credentials Pathways is used to organize badge recipients into different segments or cohorts to be tracked along a Learning Pathway.
Note: When a group is created, the end date can extend up to six years.
Open Issuers
In Canvas Credentials Navigation, click the Issuers link.
View Issuer
To open an issuer, click the View Issuer button.
Create or Edit Group
In Issuer Navigation, click the Groups link [1].
To create a group, click the Create Group button [2]. To edit the group click the Options icon [3] and then click the Edit group link [4].
Create Group
Type a name for the group in the name field [1] and add a description in the description field [2].
To add a end date for your group to be automatically archived, click the Calendar icon [3].
To add yourself as a staff to the group, click the Include me as staff checkbox [4].
To make the group visible to learners, click the Visible to learners checkbox [5].
Click the Create Group button [6].
Note: When the visible to learners checkbox is select gives learners access to features like the leaderboard, individual learner progress and creating triggers for individual badges. Leaving the box unchecked creates a hidden group that can only be subscribed to pathways.
Edit Group
Edit the group name in the name field [1] and edit the description in the description field [2].
To add a end date for your group to be automatically archived, click the Calendar icon [3].
To add a end date to sync with your Canvas course dates, click the Sync with course dates radio button [4].
To make the group visible to learners, click the Visible to learners checkbox [5].
When enabled at the organization level, an Enable Learner Record from this Group checkbox displays. To enable the learner record for the group, click the Enable Learner Record for This Group checkbox [6].
Save Group
To save the group, click Save button.
