Manage student groups

You can make your classroom management more efficient and enhance your teaching practices with student groups.

Basic setup and use

You can use student groups to organise students into specific groups for various purposes, like targeted assignments, differentiated instruction or collaborative activities.

Create a student group

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class People.
3. At the top right, click Create group.
4. Enter a descriptive name for your group in the pop-up window. For example, 'Reading Group A' or 'Maths Project Team'.
5. To select the students that you want to include in your group, tick the box next to each student's name.
6. After you've selected your members, click Create to finalise your group.

Edit a student group

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class People.
3. Find the group that you want to edit.
4. Next to the group's name, click More Edit group.
5. Edit the group name, tick the boxes to add or remove students, and make any necessary adjustments.
6. To apply your edits, click Save.

Add or remove students

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class People.
3. Find the group that you want to add or remove students from.
4. To expand the group and reveal the member list, select the group name.
5. Tick the boxes next to the student names.
6. Untick the boxes next to the names of the students that you want to remove.
7. To apply your edits, click Save.

Delete a student group

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class People.
3. Find the group that you want to delete.
4. Next to the group's name, click More Delete group.
5. A confirmation window appears where you can review the information. To confirm, click Delete.

Delete multiple student groups

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class People.
3. Tick the boxes next to the groups that you want to delete.
4. In the 'Bulk actions' menu, click Delete. Then, confirm the deletion.

Find groups

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class People.
3. To expand a group and find the list of students within it, select the group name.
4. To collapse a group and hide the member list, select the group name again.

Use a group

Now that you've set up your student groups, let's explore ways to use them effectively.

Create assignments for a group

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class Classwork.
3. At the top, click Create Assignment.
4. On the right, next to 'Assign to', click the button that lists the number of students and groups.
5. To find the list of available groups, click the Groups tab.
6. Tick the box next to the group that you want to assign the assignment to.
   • To assign to multiple groups, select the groups in the 'Assign to' field.
7. Click Done.
8. Complete the assignment details. To finalise the assignment, click Create.

Student groups: frequently asked questions

Licence considerations

Flexibility

Assign guardrails

Limits

Student visibility

Mobile

Related resources

• Create a class
• Manage class details and settings