Create Groups with Grouper

There are many ways to create groups within your classroom. Pulling popsicle sticks, random number drawings, ClassDojo or similar tool, and others. The tool Grouper does this easily by pulling names from your existing Google Classroom. Grouper is a quick and easy. The best part is that all your groups are saved in Grouper for later use. Oh, did I mention that it is FREE? Give it a try!

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Create Groups:

1. Head over to grouper.school. 

2. Create an account by signing into Google.

3. Allow the site access to your Google Classrooms.

4. Choose the classroom you wish to use to create student groups. Click “Use in grouping”.

5. Choose what you want to do. 

• Groups Of: Make groups of a certain number

• Split Class: Split class into a set number of groups

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Editing Groups:

Now that you have created groups, there are many things you can do with these.

1. You can edit the name of each group if you want by clicking on the name and typing a new name.

2. You can reorder the students in any way you want by dragging students around within their group or even to other groups.

3. You can shuffle (create new groups) and rotate (reorder on the screen) your groups.

4. By clicking “Attributes” on the left, you can set rules for individual students to help make equal or well-working groups. 

This is a useful and easy tool to help create and manage working groups. Give Grouper a try!

If you want these directions in a Document, click HERE!