This is available for Planners.

You can choose the candidate's submission type to Group delivery, which allows candidates to submit their submissions as a group. This submission type can be helpful when candidates are in group projects or group tests.

When setting up a test for group submissions you can choose from three types of groups:

• Automatic: The planner defines the number of groups and the number of candidates per group. The candidates are randomly assigned to the groups.
• Manual: The planner creates a number of empty groups and assigns candidates manually.
• Free: Candidates create groups and organize them on their own.

The candidate must be a member of a group to be allowed to submit a group assignment. This means that even if there is only one person in the group, a group must be created in order to be delivered. The candidate is only a member of a group if they

• either created a group themselves, and possibly invited others with a pin code,
• or logged in with a PIN in a group that has already been created,
• or the planner has added the candidate to a group.

One of the group members submits on behalf of the group. All group members have access to the test and can change the submission.

How to activate Group submission

After assigning candidates to the test, either manually, via API, or integration with external systems, go to the candidate list in the test. At the top right, you can switch from individual submission to group submission.

When group submission is activated, you are presented with four different ways of managing groups.

Group types

Create groups and add candidates randomly

This option lets you specify the number of groups. Candidates per group will be randomly assigned, and as even as possible across the groups.

You can edit the group names or the number of groups later, the option is found in the same place as in the screenshot above.

Create empty groups and add candidates manually to each group

You start by choosing the number of groups. When you click on Continue, you can name the groups. The candidates are not assigned automatically, so once the groups are created you choose the candidates in the list and go to Group Membership in the menu at the bottom of the page. Here you can choose the group the candidates shall belong to.

You can edit the group names or the number of groups later, the option is found in the same place as in the screenshot above.

Enable candidates to create open groups

Choosing this will give you no further options. Everything from here on is done by the candidates themselves. The open student-managed groups require a 4 digit group ID to be created, and students use this group ID to join existing groups.

The planner cannot make changes in student-managed groups at any point.

Enable candidates to create password-protected groups

Choosing this will give you no further options. Everything from here on is done by the candidates themselves. The secure student-managed groups are created the same way as the open groups. The difference is that when a secure group is created, a password is generated. The password is only accessible to existing group members. This password, together with the group ID, is required for other students to join the group.

The planner cannot make changes in student-managed groups at any point.

Import group from CSV 

A CSV file can be used to import a Group Submission. Users that need to establish and change groups by importing datasets with group information may find this functionality useful.

Do not use a header in the import file. The specific format for importing a group CSV file will be:

groupName, candidate_id

A CSV file can be used to import a Group Submission. Users that need to establish and change groups by importing datasets with group information may find this functionality useful.

1. Navigate to Candidates > Manage.
2. Select the Submission type dropdown.
3. Click Group submission.
4. Click Import group from CSV > Continue.
5. Upload CSV file > Close.

For more information on how to Import a group via CSV, visit the Help Center article: Import a group via CSV.

How to Assign Groups to Committees

For more information on how to assign groups to a committee, visit the Help Center article: Test settings - Committees.

Although the article uses individual, not group deliveries as an example, the steps are the same for group deliveries.

Student managed groups

Open student-managed group

The first option is an open group where groups are created and candidates join by entering the group pin code. Open the test from Dashboard, and the options to join an existing group or create a new group become available. When a new group is created, the student creating it automatically becomes a member.

Either option will prompt for a group ID which must be four digits. When creating the group, you choose the group ID

Once you have created the group, and become a member, you can open the test. And it now looks like this before opening the test:

Password protected student-managed group

The second option is a secure group, where the first step is identical to the open student-managed group and the group ID must be 4 digits. The biggest difference is that this group type requires a password for anyone to join an existing group. Anyone can create a group but only those who have the password for a group can join the group.

The one who created the group must initially distribute the password to the intended group members but any member can also generate a new password.

Candidates can join and leave groups at will but must have the password for any group they want to join.

Once a group is created, a random 16 character password is generated and it now looks like this before opening the test:

Clicking on Show group password will reveal the password, in addition to options to generate a new password, and hide the password again:

This is what it looks like when you try to become a member of an existing group: