[Using Sakai] Randomly assigning students to groups

[Plourde, Mathieu]

Hi Marshall,

Not to my knowledge, but it’s also a concern here at Delaware.

I’m cross-posting this message to the UX group, since one of the active projects is Group Management for Sakai 3.

Best Regards,

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From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Marshall Feldman
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:47 AM
To: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
Subject: [Using Sakai] Randomly assigning students to groups

Hello,

Our university recently converted from WebCT to Sakai. WebCT has the ability to assign students to groups randomly and to create a discussion topic (equivalent to a forum) automatically for each group created this way. The instructor can select either the number of groups or the number of students per group, and WebCT does the rest.

In Sakai, I know one can assign students to groups manually and then, also manually, create forums for each group. But is there any way to get automatic random assignment and forum creation in Sakai?

Thanks.

    Marsh Feldman
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