I used group assignments and randomly assigned students in groups. I posted the assignment. However some students joined the teams class later. How can I add more groups to the existing assignment?

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I used group assignments and randomly assigned students in groups. I posted the assignment. However some students joined the teams class later. How can I add more groups to the existing assignment?

Shivani Sachdev 0

Is there any possibility of editing the groups or adding the groups?

On trying it says groups cannot be edited after the assignment has been posted. It would be nice if teams could take this as feedback and allow for editing groups or adding new groups to existing assignments.

There is also no easy way to tally which new students joined later and were not assigned the assignments. Please kindly provide any input that can make this possible.

Thanks

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Dear @Shivani Sachdev,

Good day! Welcome to Q&A forum!

Regarding your situation, according to this article: Create group assignments or assign to individual students - Microsoft Support, it is noted that "once an assignment has been distributed to students, you can no longer edit groups" and therefore, you wouldn't be able to edit the groups, add more groups or reassign the students who joined later to the existing assignment.

Therefore, if many students joined late and you want them to be part of the original groups, the best option is to delete and recreate the assignment with updated groups. This takes more time but keeps everything consistent.

Alternatively, you can create a separate assignment just for the new students or groups. It’s quicker, but you’ll need to set it up again from scratch.

About tracking students that joined late, unfortunately, Teams does not currently offer a built-in feature to easily tally which students joined after an assignment was posted. You may need to compare the class roster at the time of assignment creation with the current roster to know who the late joiners are.

About sending feedback to Microsoft, allowing group edits post-assignment is a common request among educators, and your input reinforces the need for this improvement. Therefore, here are my suggestions:

You could send your feedback via the Feedback Portal
You could upvote for this feedback that is similar to your inquiry
You could also submit your feedback within Teams app by clicking (…) next to your profile > Feedback > Suggest a feature

By sending your feedback, the product team would be able to investigate further and consider including this in future updates.

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Julie-Hu 4,945 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-20T08:45:03.8933333+00:00

Dear @Shivani Sachdev,

Good day! I hope everything is going well on your end.

It’s been a little while, so I just wanted to follow up and see how things are progressing with your concern. If you've run into any challenges or if there's anything further that I can help with, please don’t hesitate to let me know. Any updates you’re able to share would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again for your time and attention! I look forward to hearing from you.

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Julie-Hu 4,945 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-21T13:19:50.9+00:00

Dear @Shivani Sachdev,

I hope things are going well on your end. As there hasn’t been any recent activity, I’ll move on to other posts for now. That said, if you’re still facing issues or have new questions, please don’t hesitate to tag me in a comment, I’ll be happy to help further.

Thank you very much for your understanding and kindness!

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I used group assignments and randomly assigned students in groups. I posted the assignment. However some students joined the teams class later. How can I add more groups to the existing assignment?

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