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Group submission in Inspera Assessment allows candidates to submit their work as a group, which is particularly helpful for collaborative projects or tests. 

This article explains what group submission is, outlines its core concepts including group membership and access rules, introduces the different types of groups, and details how Planners can enable this submission type for a test.

Understanding Group submissions

Group submission enables candidates to submit their responses collectively. It streamlines collaborative work, allowing multiple candidates to contribute to a single submission for a project or a test.

• Group membership: A candidate must be a member of a group to be allowed to submit a group assignment.
• Submission requirement: A group must be created in order for the test to be delivered, even if the group consists of only one candidate.
• Membership confirmation: A candidate becomes a member of a group if they:
  • Either created a group themselves and possibly invited others with a PIN code.
  • Or logges in with a PIN in a group that has already been created.
  • Or the Planner has added the candidate to a group.
• Group access: One member of the group submits the assignment on behalf of the entire group. All group members have access to the test and can change the submission content before it is finalized.
• Concurrent access: The test can only be opened by one group member at a time to prevent simultaneous edits.

Group types

When Group submission is activated, Planners are presented with different ways of managing groups. These can be broadly categorized into:

• Automatic: The Planner defines the number of groups and candidates per group, and candidates are randomly assigned.
• Manual: The Planner creates a number of empty groups and then manually assigns candidates to them.
• Free (Candidate-managed): Candidates create and organize their own groups (either open or password-protected).

Enable Group submission

To enable Group submission for a test:

1. Ensure candidates are assigned to the test, either manually, via API, or through integration with external systems.
2. In the test setup, go to the Candidate section and click Manage.
3. Select the Choose submission type dropdown in the top right corner. It is set to Individual submission by default.
4. Change it to Group submission.

You can also edit the groups by navigate back to the Candidates setup > click Manage > Click Edit groups.

Information: Tests connected to FS, Ladok, or another external system may need to be disconnected from the external system for the group test option to be available.