Adding the Groups Function to a Class

The Quest groups feature is useful for having different students in a class take quizzes and exams at different start times. This feature is turned on at the Quest system admin level per class.


Adding group features to a class


Instructor instructions for setting up groups

Below is instructor information on for setting up groups of students in a class:

  • Go to the instructor site (https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/instructor/courses​)​ and click on the course
  • Define an "extra practice" group and put this student in it using the roster
    • Go to the left triple bar and select Student Groups
    • Create group with the individual student(s) in it
  • Create a new assignment and select the group the assignment is for
    • Go to the left triple bar and select New Assignment
    • Give a start date for the new group, but keep start date blank for the original course groups


Information to place in emails to instructors about groups

If you activate groups in the class, you can make a group with just the one student. When when you published the quiz, you can designate which group is a part of the quiz and only that group can see it. I've included some Quest wiki pages that might help explain this and other features in more detail.