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The settings define who leads the group, how long course access lasts, in what order lessons open and where students communicate. The settings apply only to the students of this group. To learn how to create a group, see Groups and cohorts. Open Courses → course → Groups → group → Settings. At the top of the page, there are two tabs: Settings and Chat and channel. In a corporate school, the Settings tab also has the Automatic assignments block — see Automatic course assignment.

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How changes are saved

  • You change the group name with the edit icon next to the title, and it is saved right away. The length is up to 100 characters.
  • Other changes on the Settings and Chat and channel tabs are saved with the Save button in the bottom panel. The panel appears as soon as you change something. Cancel restores the previous values.
  • If you leave the page without saving the changes, the platform warns you.
  • If the form has an error on another tab, the platform switches to that tab when you save and scrolls to the field with the error.
Staff with the “Course management” permission can save the group settings. A curator also needs “Product management” or “School user management” (in a corporate school — “Company user management”) for this.

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Group curators

Curators check the practices of the group’s students and answer their questions.
1

Find a staff member

In the Group curators block, start typing a name. The list shows only team members with the “Course curator” permission. The Team list link leads to My school → Team (in a corporate school — Company → Administrators).
2

Add the people you need

Choose one or more curators. To remove a curator, click the cross next to their name.
3

Save

Click Save.
How it works:
  • When a student joins the group, one of the group curators is assigned to them. Curators are assigned in turn, so students are spread evenly between them. A deactivated staff member doesn’t get new students but stays in the group’s curator list and takes part in the distribution again after activation.
  • Students who were already in the group are not assigned a new curator automatically. You can change the curator for a specific student in their card.
  • Curators become administrators of the group chat and channel.
  • If no curators are selected, you see the “Curators not selected” warning: personal chats with curators will not be created.
The Group curators block is visible to staff with the “School organization management” or “School team management” permission (in a corporate school — “Company management” or “Company employees management”).

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Access restriction

The Access restriction block closes the course for the group’s students after a set time. A course bundle does not have this block.
1

Turn on the restriction

Turn on Limit access time to the course.
2

Set the duration

In the Specify access duration field, enter a number and choose a unit: minute, hour, day, week or month.
3

Choose the starting point

Since joining the group — each student has their own period. Starting from the selected date — one period for everyone; set the date and time.
How the period is counted:
  • The course closes after the set time from the starting point. The start of learning is not postponed: the course stays open until it closes, even if the common date has not come yet.
  • For the Since joining the group option, the countdown starts from the date the student enrolled in the course — the payment or the first time access was granted.
  • If the student is in several groups of the course and at least one has no restriction, they study with no end date.
  • A change of the period applies to all students of the group, including those who are already studying.
When the period ends, the lessons get the “Access expired” status. The student’s progress is kept. Learn more about periods in Course access.

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Lesson opening schedule

The schedule opens lessons or modules gradually rather than all at once. A course bundle does not have this block.
1

Turn on the schedule

Turn on Open access on a schedule.
2

Choose the step

One lesson at a time — the next lesson opens each time. One module at a time — the whole next module opens.
3

Choose when to open

By weekdays — select the days. Once per interval — set the Interval duration.
4

Set the starting point

Since joining the group or Starting from the selected date — then set the start date.
How lessons open: The schedule counts only lessons with content. Until a lesson opens, the student sees it with the “Scheduled” status.

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Access to lessons

The Access to lessons section in the group menu manages individual lessons. It shows only published modules and lessons with content. A course bundle does not have this section.
  • Turn a lesson on or off for the group. A checkmark means the lesson is open, empty means it is closed. The change is saved right away. The top shows how many lessons are turned on out of the total.
  • Set a lesson opening date. Click the calendar icon next to the lesson, choose an option and click Save.
If a lesson has its own date and the general schedule is turned on, the lesson opens on the later of the two dates. The student sees a turned-off lesson with the “Disabled by group” status — unless the lesson is open in another of their groups.
The lesson order is the same for all groups of the course. You change it in the course content.

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Completion deadlines

The Completion deadlines section sets due dates. Turn on Set deadlines for the group, then click the calendar icon next to the course, module, lesson or practice. The deadlines apply only in this group. What the deadline counts from: For the deadline of the whole course, only Common date and From the moment of course registration are available. A deadline in days is a whole number from 1 to 3650. A material’s deadline cannot be later than the deadline of its module or course. If missed:

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Chat and channel

On the Chat and channel tab, the Inside the platform block has two toggles: After you save, the chat or channel is created, and all students and curators of the group are added to it. The Open chat and Open channel buttons lead to the messenger. New group students are added to the chat and channel automatically, and students removed from the group are excluded. If you turn off the chat or channel, it is archived. When you turn it on again, it comes back with the group participants.

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Telegram

You can link the group to a Telegram channel and group. Then the school bot invites students and removes them when they leave the group.
1

Connect the school bot

If the bot is not connected, the tab shows the “School Telegram bot token is not set” banner. Click it to go to My school → Login and registration (in a corporate school — Company → Login and registration). Learn more in Telegram bot.
2

Add the bot in Telegram

Add the school bot as an administrator to the Telegram channel and group with the permission to invite users.
3

Enter the IDs

Fill in Telegram channel ID and Telegram group ID. The fields accept only digits, and the ID can start with a minus — for example, -12345678. You can enter only a channel or only a group.
4

Set up the invitation (optional)

In the Telegram settings block, set a welcome message — up to 500 characters, with Markdown (V2) support. Turn on Request Telegram before payment if connecting Telegram should be a condition for proceeding to payment (in a corporate school — Request Telegram before course enrollment: connecting Telegram will be a condition for proceeding to the training).
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Save

Click Save.
How it works:
  • When a student with linked Telegram joins the group, the bot sends them a private message with personal invitation links to the channel and group.
  • If the student links Telegram later, the invitations arrive automatically.
  • When a student is removed from the group, the bot removes them from the Telegram channel and group and revokes their link.
  • If the group has students with Telegram who have not received an invitation yet, the Missed Telegram invites block appears with the Send invites button.
Each student’s invitation status is shown in the Students section, in the Telegram column:

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Delete a group

1

Open the actions

On the Settings tab, in the Actions block, click Delete group.
2

Confirm

Enter the group name and click Confirm.
When you delete a group, its chat and channel are deleted, and all students leave it. Students with no other groups in this course lose access to the course. The students’ progress is kept.
You cannot delete the last group of a course, a group selected in a tariff, or a group linked to a course bundle. You see the message “Cannot delete the last group of a product”, “Unlink the group from the tariff” or “Detach the group from the course package”.

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Frequently asked questions

A curator is assigned to a student only when the student joins the group. Students who were already studying are not assigned a curator automatically — assign one manually in the student card.
The list includes only team members with the “Course curator” permission. Grant this permission to the staff member in My school → Team (in a corporate school — Company → Administrators).
Yes. The period is recalculated for all students of the group. If the new period has already passed, the students’ access closes.
The access restriction closes the whole course after a set time. The schedule opens lessons gradually, but does not close the course. You can turn them on together.
Check all opening conditions: the general group schedule and the lesson’s own date on the Access to lessons page. The lesson opens on the later of these dates. If the Since the completion of the previous one option is selected, the lesson waits until the student hands in the previous one.
Open the student card, the Learning tab, the course. Next to the closed material, click Open access. You need the “School user management” (in a corporate school — “Company user management”) or “Course student management” permission for this.
Check that the school bot token is set, the bot is added as an administrator to the channel and group, and the IDs in the settings are correct. The student must have Telegram linked. For those who missed the invitation, send it with the Send invites button.
Students who were invited to the previous chat get the “Previous chat link sent” status. Click Send invites so the bot sends them links to the new one.
This is a course bundle group. Access restriction, schedule, access to lessons and deadlines are not available for bundles — a bundle group’s settings keep curators, chat and channel, Telegram and group deletion.
No. The limit applies only to one add operation — up to 250 students at a time.
Updated: 2026-10-17 07:07 UTC