{"id":2096,"date":"2026-02-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:15:56","slug":"improved-group-assignments-for-large-courses-on-mycourses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/2026\/02\/02\/improved-group-assignments-for-large-courses-on-mycourses\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved group assignments for large courses on MyCourses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" data-id=\"2103\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2026\/01\/illustration-firefly-tip-of-the-week-jan-1140x815.jpeg\" alt=\"image created with Adobe Firegly\" class=\"wp-image-2103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2026\/01\/illustration-firefly-tip-of-the-week-jan-1140x815.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2026\/01\/illustration-firefly-tip-of-the-week-jan-788x564.jpeg 788w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2026\/01\/illustration-firefly-tip-of-the-week-jan-768x549.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2026\/01\/illustration-firefly-tip-of-the-week-jan-680x486.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2026\/01\/illustration-firefly-tip-of-the-week-jan.jpeg 1510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image created with Adobe Firefly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MyCourses performance has been improved in a way that affects significantly courses with many  students where group-based assignments are used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, some teachers experienced errors or long loading times when opening activities and had to create separate submission folders to split groups so the activity pages would load faster. With the latest update\u2014live since a couple of weeks ago\u2014that workaround is no longer necessary.<br><br>In our tests, a single assignment activity containing up to 100 groups loaded correctly in under three seconds. This change makes it easier to manage large courses and keep group assignments in one place without delays when reviewing submissions and grading. It also simplifies the course workspace structure and gradebook planning.<br><br>If you still encounter issues, please use the MyTeaching support button in MyCourses to get help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image created with Adobe Firefly<\/p>\n<p>MyCourses performance has been improved in a way that affects significantly courses with many  students where group-based assignments are used. <\/p>\n<p>Previously, some teachers experienced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3876,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2096"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions\/2105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}