--- title: How do I create groups in Canvas? description: "525 - Groups: Creation & Management from Canvas LMS on Vimeo." --- [Skip to content](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/837180#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![logo.png\]](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/logo.png?height=40&name=logo.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - Go to CTL Homepage Go to CTL Homepage Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [CTL Knowledge Base](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/?hsLang=en) 2. [Courseworks (Canvas)](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/courseworks-canvas?hsLang=en) 3. [Setting Up Your Course](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/courseworks-canvas?hsLang=en#setting-up-your-course) # How do I create groups in Canvas? Groups provide students with a collaborative workspace where they will have shared access to Files, Conferences, Announcements and several other tools.   To create a groups click on People in the lefthand course navigation. Within the People menu you will see a tab for Groups next to the Everyone tab. When you click on the Groups tab you will have the option to add Group Sets. Group Sets are a category that will contain the Groups of which students will be members. When creating a Group set you be given several option including the option to allow students to self-sign up for groups.     ![](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Screen%20Shot%202016-02-15%20at%205_28_50%20PM.png "Image: https://ctl.uservoice.com/assets/96271239/Screen%20Shot%202016-02-15%20at%205.28.50%20PM.png") Once students have been added to a group or joined on their own, the group will appear in their global navigation under Courses and Groups. As an instructor or TA these groups can be accessed by going to the people tab, clicking on the cog next to the group and then selecting Visit Group Home page. [525 - Groups: Creation & Management](https://vimeo.com/74238647) from [Canvas LMS](https://vimeo.com/canvaslms) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com). [Video Guide](https://vimeo.com/74238647) [Text Guide](https://guides.instructure.com/m/4152/l/55485?data-resolve-url=true&data-manual-id=4152) *Updated: August 30th, 2016; rtr* - [Courseworks (Canvas)](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/courseworks-canvas?hsLang=en#main-content) - [General](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/courseworks-canvas?hsLang=en#general) - [Setting Up Your Course](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/courseworks-canvas?hsLang=en#setting-up-your-course) - [Managing Course Content](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/courseworks-canvas?hsLang=en#managing-course-content) - [Assessing Students](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/courseworks-canvas?hsLang=en#assessing-students) - [Communicating With Students](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/courseworks-canvas?hsLang=en#communicating-with-students) - [Panopto](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/panopto?hsLang=en) - [EdBlogs](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/edblogs?hsLang=en) - [Mediathread](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/mediathread?hsLang=en#main-content) - [General](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/mediathread?hsLang=en#general) - [Instructor](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/mediathread?hsLang=en#instructor) - [Student](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/mediathread?hsLang=en#student) - [Poll Everywhere](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/poll-everywhere?hsLang=en) - [General Information](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/general-information?hsLang=en) - [Google Apps for Education](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/google-apps-for-education?hsLang=en) - [ColumbiaLearn on YouTube](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/columbialearn-on-youtube?hsLang=en) - [Video Production Requests](https://support.ctl.columbia.edu/video-production-requests?hsLang=en) CTL Knowledge Base Copyright © 2026