03. Assign a student leader to a group

You can automatically assign group leaders when creating a new group set when:

• Allowing Self Sign-up groups [1]
• Automatically creating groups for student distribution [2]  

Note: If you want to create groups manually, you also have to set a student leader manually.

In the Leadership section, click the Automatically assign a student group leader checkbox [1]. Then select the radio button for your assignment preference [2]:

• Set first student to join as group leader. This option tells Canvas to assign the first student who joins the group as the group leader.
• Set a random student as group leader. This option tells Canvas to choose a student randomly.

Note: If you choose to have Canvas split your students into an equal number of groups automatically, you can select either radio button for the leadership option. If you select the first radio button, the first student who joins each group as part of the automatic group distribution process will be the group leader.

Expand the group where you want to add a group leader [1]. Locate the student name and click the user Options icon [2]. Select the Set as Leader link [3].

View the student name next to the name of the group [1], which indicates the student is the leader for that group.

When viewing the list of group members, you can also quickly identify the group leader as the student name will display a People icon [2].