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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Drupal for Education and E-Learning
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Creating and Using Groups


Now that we have set the default options for the content types that can be used in groups and the privacy levels of groups, we are prepared to create the groups.

Creating a Group

To create a group, click on the link created when you created the content type. If you created the custom menu as shown in the second screenshot under the Create a Menu for Groups, you will simply need to click the link for Class. If you did not create this custom menu, then the link will be available in the Create content menu as shown in the first screenshot under Create a Menu for Groups (refer to page number 258). In all cases, regardless of whether you have created a custom menu or not, you can create groups by navigating to node/add/[group-type].

  • Title: The group title will be seen frequently throughout the site; a good title is short, and descriptive enough to give an idea of the purpose of the group. In the case of courses as groups, if you have multiple sections of the same course...