How do I create groups that aren't associated with courses?

How do I create groups that aren't associated with any course in particular? My dean wants the capability within canvas to set up communities to send information to without creating a canvas course shell. The purpose would be to send announcements mostly.

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james_whalley

Hello @GraceStephens23,

At this time it is not possible to set up communities in Canvas without setting them up as a course. You could pitch this in the Community's Feature Ideas area. At our institution though, most groups just set up a course shell as a community hub.

Best,

James

james_whalley

@GraceStephens23 Wow! In five years of playing in Canvas as an account admin, I have never seen this area and see that we have not used it at all. Thanks for finding this. Now I want to explore how this feature might change the way we do things in our instance.

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