[Using Sakai] Randomly assigning students to groups

[Josh Baron]

Marsh,

I don't believe there is a way to automate those processes although one 
might be able to write some code to do it (but that would require 
modifying Sakai which may not be the best direction to take on your own). 
I can think of a few ways to use other tools to create a random list of 
students and then use that to create the groups but that would just be a 
workaround...and probably not one that the faculty would receive all that 
well.

I know this won't help you in the short-term, but I think the concept of 
creating random groups and automatically creating discussion forums for 
them sounds like a great idea.  You may wish to post these as feature 
requests in the Sakai JIRA system as there is current development work 
underway with both the group tool as well as forums.  If you need help 
with how to get your ideas out for others in the community to consider in 
future development work just let me know.

Maybe others will have better ideas than me.

Josh

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Joshua Baron
Director, Academic Technology and eLearning
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
(845) 575-3623 (work)
Twitter: JoshBaron



From:
Marshall Feldman <marsh at uri.edu>
To:
sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
Date:
10/01/2009 11:47 AM
Subject:
[Using Sakai] Randomly assigning students to groups
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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
-- 
Dr. Marshall Feldman, PhD
Director of Research and Academic Affairs

Center for Urban Studies and Research
The University of Rhode Island
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