Assigning students to sections after a course has started

etbrooks

My organization has a course that has already started, with active students. I would like to create two sections of the course and divide the students into these sections manually. If I do that with students that have already started the course, but I want to make sure it won't affect their progress in the course. If I assign them to a section now will their progress in the course be lost? 

mzimmerman

Hi @etbrooks ,

It really depends on what kind of "progress" you are talking about.  In general, student's course work (assignment submissions, discussion posts, grades, etc.) is not tied to the specific section they are enrolled in.  However, if you have assignments that are only assigned to one section, or different dates for different sections, that might have an impact if students switch sections.