Groups

Behaviour of the course Groups tool.

Access these settings under Administration > Configuration settings > Groups. This category contains 3 settings, listed below with the title and comment shipped in the platform's settings fixtures (SettingsCurrentFixtures.php).

The variable name in code is shown in monospace. Use it when scripting via the API or when you need to change those settings at a global level by editing config/settings_override.yaml.

Settings

allow_group_categories

Group categories

Allow teachers to create categories in the Groups tool?

Default: false

hide_course_group_if_no_tools_available

Hide course group if no tool

If no tool is available in a group and the user is not registered to the group itself, hide the group completely in the groups list.

Default: false

show_groups_to_users

Show classes to users

Show the classes to users. Classes are a feature that allow you to register/unregister groups of users into a session or a course directly, reducing the administrative hassle. When you pick this option, learners will be able to see in which class they are through their social network interface.

Default: false