Groups (previously called Sessions) were added to Connect in order to provide a method of organizing your assignments making them easier to find and reuse. 

Add a Group

To add a group to a section:

1. Click add / edit groups from your section home page.
2. Select add group from the menu that appears.
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3. The add group widow opens.
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4. Enter a group name you want to use to organize your assignments. For example, Week 1, Extra Credit , Chapter 1, etc..
5. Optionally enter a short description to make it easier to remember what the group name refers to.
6. Click save. A confirmation message appears momentarily and you are returned to the section home page with the group you just saved listed.
   

The group is added to the assignments list area.
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Groups are listed in bold and have a blue arrow next to the name.

Add Assignments to a Group

To add an assignment to a group simply move your mouse over the left edge of the assignment, click and drag it onto the group you want to add it to.
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A confirmation message appears informing you which group the assignment was added to.

Click the group title to alternate between showing and hiding that group’s contents. Some group assignment listings can be quite lengthy and temporarily collapsing the group’s contents makes it easier to browse through the available assignments and get a better overview of the course section assignments as a whole.

Click the group title to expand the group and see the assignment you just added. You can only expand one group at a time.
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Remove Assignments from a Group

To remove an assignment from a group, simply drag and drop the assignment to a new group or drag it to the area noted at the top of the assignment list used to remove assignments from a group.

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The assignment will be listed as an ungrouped assignment.

If you are adding an assignment to a group from within the Library, you will be asked which group you want to add the assignment to or have the ability to create a new one.

Edit / Delete Groups

To edit groups you have created:

1. Click add / edit group from your section home page.
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2. Select edit groups.
3. The edit groups window opens.
   
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4. Within the edit groups window you can:
1. Use the arrows in the first column to reorder the group selection menu list. Alternatively, you can drag and drop a group to a new position in the group list. Once you have the groups in the order you want, click save new order.
    
2. Click the edit icon to rename and change the description of a group.
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   Make your edits and click save. 
    
3. Click the trash can icon to remove a group. When removing a group you will be prompted to confirm this action since ALL assignments and related reporting data for this group will be gone. (Note: you can not remove the ungrouped assignments group.)
   
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   Type "DELETE" in the text box and click ok to delete the group and all of its assignments and assignment student data.
    
   
5. Once you are done editing your groups, click close window to return to the section home page.