Metacourses and Groups

Metacourses are Moodle classrooms in which students from multiple sections are enrolled. This allows faculty to use a single classroom for those classes they teach multiples sections. This page details how to create groups of students based on their section enrollments.

If, for example, I teach two sections of CIS 141, I can update the contents of the classroom for all students, but I can assign different quizzes to the different sections, or I can restrict access to forums or other materials based on the section in which the students are enrolled.

To create groups based on section enrollment:

1) Enter the  meta course

2) On the "Participants" tab, click "Enrollment methods"

3) Click the gear menu for the "Meta course link" for the section

4) In the "Add to group" menu, choose the correct section 

5) Click "Save changes"

To restrict access to materials:

1) "Add activity or resource" to create any forum, page, assignment or other item

2) Expand "Restrict access," and click "Add restriction..."

3) Click "Group," then select the group from the list

4) Save the changes