1. Navigate to your course

2. On the left-hand side menu, select Participants:

 

3. Select the gear icon, and click Groups:

 

4. Next, select Create Group:

 

5. From there, provide your group with a Name, turn Group Messaging to Yes, and Save Changes:

 

Repeat this process for as many groups as you would like to have:

 

6. Now that your groups have been created, you will want to Add Users:

 

7. You will then be provided with your class roster:

 

8. You can select specific students, by clicking and highlighting their names. Once they are highlighted, select Add:

 

9. You will then see that the student has been added to the Group Members side:

 

10. Make sure to include yourself, the Instructor, in every group that you create.

11. You can repeat this process until you have all of the group members added to the correct group.

12. Once you are done with Group 1, you can navigate to other groups by selecting Back to Groups:

 

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