Group Formation

Build balanced student groups without the manual work

Manually forming groups takes time, and balancing skills, experience, preferences, or other criteria becomes increasingly difficult as cohorts grow. The result is often groups built on convenience rather than what students need to learn together. Group Formation gives instructors a structured way to create balanced teams automatically, with custom criteria, flexible adjustments, and LMS integration built to make collaborative learning easier to scale.
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Everything you need to make
‍group formation work

With Group Formation you can

Set custom grouping criteria
Build balanced, diverse teams
Publish groups straight to the LMS
Make one-click adjustments
Add built-in self-reflection
Design groups to be inclusive by default

Set custom grouping criteria

Group students by predefined attributes, stated preferences, or answers to your own custom questions, so every team is formed around what matters for the assignment.

Build balanced, diverse teams

Automatically distribute skills, experience, and other criteria across groups, so no team ends up with all the strengths or all the challenges.

Publish groups straight to the LMS

Once groups are finalized, sync them directly to your LMS so students can start collaborating right away.

Make one-click adjustments

Move students between groups without rebuilding the entire set, making it easy to handle last-minute changes.

Add built-in self-reflection

Give students opportunities to reflect on their own contribution and review their teammates as part of the group learning experience.

Design groups to be inclusive by default

Create group compositions that support participation and give every student a meaningful opportunity to contribute.

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Learn how top institutions are transforming feedback through Group Formation

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Using FeedbackFruits for the first time made the entire process significantly easier
John Lee
Department Chair of Engineering, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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With a lovely tool like FeedbackFruits, you can have things like feedback banks and audio feedback. We can really kind of scale up our approach.
Abby Osbourne
Assessment and Feedback Development Lead, University of Bath
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I think this works better than the Forum in Moodle. Students don’t engage like this is discussion content in Moodle, but they do in FeedbackFruits.
Jess Mitchell
Lecturer, Monash Business School
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It was the first time I encountered a tool (FeedbackFruits) that has this powerful foundational approach. And at this time, I knew that we could truly create something impactful with it.
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Learning Designer, ESSEC Business School
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FeedbackFruits is one vendor that has been consistent and patient with us and showing us constant support along the way
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Senior Academic Mentor of Temasek Polytechnic.           
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 Turn forming groups into a better experience for everyone

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For students

Learn with different perspectives

Thoughtfully formed groups expose students to different skills, experiences, and ways of thinking. This creates richer opportunities to collaborate, challenge assumptions, and learn from their peers.
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For instructors

Spend less time managing logistics

Instead of manually sorting students and rebuilding groups when circumstances change, instructors can focus on designing the learning experience and supporting students through it.
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For institutions

Make collaborative learning more intentional

Group work shouldn't depend on how an individual instructor happens to form teams. A structured approach makes purposeful collaboration easier to implement consistently across courses and programmes.

See what better group formation looks like in practice

See how Group Formation works inside your LMS, from setting grouping criteria to creating and publishing balanced teams. We’ll tailor the walkthrough to your courses, learning goals, and current approach to group work.
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RESOURCES

Group work that starts with the right teams

Better collaboration starts with better group formation. Explore practical resources for creating balanced student groups, choosing meaningful grouping criteria, and designing collaborative learning experiences that help every student contribute.

EBOOK

Feedback for learning: A comprehensive guide

This ebook provides essential insights into feedback for learning and fool-proof strategies to elevate the feedback practice.

USE CASE

Hudson Valley Community College: From frustration to engagement, the need for a change.

Hudson Valley Community College used FeedbackFruits to enhance collaboration, accountability, and engagement in online learning, creating more meaningful, student-centered experiences across courses.

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Create effective surveys for better group selection" and description

Example questions to help design an effective student survey for the group selection process and promote active engagement and accountability among students.

 Build a complete feedback and assessment workflow

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Group Formation

Form groups with custom criteria

Peer
Review

Structured feedback on assignments

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Group Member Evaluation

Structured feedback on team member contributions

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LMS-integrated

Runs inside Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard and Brightspace. No separate login for you or your students, and the same interface.

Secure and compliant

Your data is hosted by Microsoft Azure in your region. We're compliant with data protection laws including the GDPR and WCAG 2.1 (AA) accessibility standards.

24/5 human support

Real support for instructors and students, not bots. Plus onboarding workshops and a dedicated implementation team.

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‍ inside your LMS

See how Group Formation fits into your existing LMS and course workflows. We’ll walk you through the experience from setting criteria to publishing student groups and answer questions specific to your institution.

Prefer to start with a pilot? We have a limited number of pilot slots open for next semester.
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Frequently asked questions

How does Group Formation decide who goes in each group?

Instructors run a short survey on skills, availability, working preferences, roles or a customized question. The algorithm builds a compatibility score between every pair of students and searches for the best matching groups, based on whether the instructor wants similar or complementary students grouped together. Learn more here

Can Group Formation criteria be reused across multiple courses?

Yes. Shared question templates let departments keep the group formation process consistent from course to course. Learn more here

Do groups need to be published to my LMS manually?

No. Groups publish directly to Canvas, Brightspace, Moodle, and Blackboard with one click from inside the activity. Learn more here

Can the groups created with Group Formation be reused in other FeedbackFruits tools?

Yes. Groups created in Group Formation carry over into other FeedbackFruits tools such as Group Member Evaluation, Team Based Learning, and Interactive Document, or can be published to the LMS for any other assignment outside FeedbackFruits. Learn more here

Is Group Formation built for any class size?

Yes. It works for any cohort size and course type involving group or team based work, across disciplines. Learn more here

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