Navigate to your course, in the green navigation bar

1. Click on Communication, a drop-down menu will appear
2. Click Groups

The homepage Manage Groups now opens.

First, a group category is needed. 

For example, there is a Group Category for tutorials and a Group Category for practicals. For tutorials, students are divided into 4 groups of 20 persons; for the practicals, students are divided into 8 groups of 10 persons.

3. Click the blue button New Category to add a Group Category

In the first section Category Information do the following:

4. Enter a Category Name
5. (Optional) Add a Description of the Group Category
6. Select Enrolment Type - how you want the users to be enrolled in the Groups
   • There are seven possibilities for Enrolment Types in a Group Category.
   • You can assign students yourself (manually or automatically) to a group, or allow them to assign themselves (Self Enrolment).
7. Fill in Number of Groups and/or Number of Users (linked to the enrolment type you choose in Step 6)
   • Decide how many groups there should be (# of Groups) and/or the amount of students per group (Groups of #).
8. (Optional) Give name to the Group Prefix
   • this option lets you customize the general name of the groups in the Group Category (e.g. using prefix Study group will create the number of groups specified in Step 7 with the name Study group + by system added number - Study group 1, Study group 2, etc).

In this example,  Groups of #  is chosen.

9. Consequently, in section Advance Properties you can check the Selectbox of the following options:
   • Auto-Enrol New Users
   • Randomise users in Groups (checked by default)
   • Make category and group descriptions visible to group members

10. (Optional) In the section Additional Options click the Selectbox(es) if you want to:
    • Set up discussion areas
    • Set up lockers
    • Set up assignment

11. Click the blue button Save to finish the setting up of the group

You have created a Brightspace group now and it will appear in the homepage of Manage Groups.

Additionally, if you have a self enrolment type of group you can add a self-enrollment link to Content.