Click the Enrollment Type dropdown menu to see a listing of the types of groups that can be created within Carmen.

Enrollment Types

• # of Groups - No Auto Enrollments
  • This is the default value.
  • Use this option in conjunction with the Number of Groups field to create a total number of groups.
  • Once groups are created you must manually assign students on the Classlist to a group.
• Groups of #
  • Use this option to allow Carmen to randomly assign students on the Classlist to a group.
  • Carmen will continue to create groups with the number of students you have specified until all students have been assigned to a group.
  • The final group may have fewer than the number of students specified if the classlist is not divisible by the number of students you specified to be in each group.
• # of Groups
  • Use this option in conjunction with the Number of Groups field to allow Carmen to create a total number of groups.
  • Once groups are created Carmen will randomly assign students on the Classlist to a group.
  • One or more groups created may not have the same number of students depending on whether the number of students on the Classlist is divisible by the number of groups you have specified.
• Groups of # - Self Enrollment
  • Use this option to allow Carmen to create a total number of groups based on the number of students on the Classlist.
  • Once groups have been created students will have the ability to assign themselves to a particular group.
• # of Groups - Self Enrollment
  • Use this option in conjunction with the Number of Groups field to allow Carmen to create a total number of groups.
  • Once groups have been created students will have the ability to assign themselves to a particular group.
  • With this option you should determine how many groups will be needed based on the number of students on the Classlist prior to entering a number in the Number of Groups field, otherwise there may not be sufficient groups for all students to enroll in a group.

Specifying an Enrollment Type will determine whether you enter a number of groups or a number of users (students).

For the purpose of this lesson we will select the default option, # of Groups - No Auto Enrolllment.

If we assume this lesson is for a core class within the CVM curriculum we can enter 10 in the Number of Groups field. This will create 10 groups allowing us to manually assign 14 students to each group (assuming 140 students in each CVM core course).

Click Create to allow Carmen to create the Lab category and 10 associated groups.

Note: To minimize confusion, Additional Options will be covered later in the lesson.

Once you have created your first Category you have the ability to add additional groups (over the number originally specified in the Number of Groups field) to the category from the Add Group () link.

You may also begin enrolling users via the Enroll Users () link or return to the Category List via the Category List () link.

For the purpose of this lesson we will return to the Category List.

Click the Category List () link.

Create a second Category by clicking the New Category () link.

Follow the steps already outlined for creating a new Category.

For the purpose of this lesson use "Projects" as the Category Name and "Category for student project work groups" as the Description of the Category.

Select "# of Groups - Self Enrollment" in the Enrollment Type dropdown box and enter "10" for the Number of Groups.

Do not forget to click Create when you have completed entering the Category Name, Description, Enrollment Type and Number of Groups/Users (depending on which Enrollment Type is chosen).

Note: If you need to review how to create a Category, please review the New Category instructions.