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title: Setting up marking groups
description: Learn how to set up groups to quickly filter your class list
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# Setting up marking groups
## Learn how to set up groups to quickly filter your class list
For larger classes, it can be helpful to set up marking groups, making your marking and moderation processes smoother.
You can find a quick video guide below:
In this article we will cover how to:
- [Create a new marking group](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/setting-up-groups#create-new-group)
- [Add students to marking groups](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/setting-up-groups#add-students-marking-groups)
- [Filter the class list by marking the group](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/setting-up-groups#filter-class-list-group)
You can also [add students to groups by uploading a spreadsheet into Cadmus](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/uploading-groups-from-a-spreadsheet?hsLang=en).
### Create a new marking group
Before setting up groups, we recommend [syncing the Cadmus class list with your LMS](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/syncing-the-lms-class-roster?hsLang=en). You can then create new marking groups individually, [upload a spreadsheet of students allocated to groups](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/uploading-groups-from-a-spreadsheet?hsLang=en) or [sync Canvas sections in as marking groups](https://support.cadmus.io/syncing-canvas-sections-as-marking-groups?hsLang=en).
**To create a new marking group:**
1. On the *Instructions *page*,* in the *Marking Groups* section, click **Set Up.
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2. Select **Create Groups** to form new groups and **Import Groups from File** to add pre-existing groups in a CSV or ZIP file to Cadmus.
3. If you're creating new groups, select whether students are divided equally or manually. Specify the number of groups, and if dividing manually, the number of students per group. You may select assigned markers for groups in this step.
4. Click Create Groups.
5. Next, choose whether to enable double-blind marking and confirm your choice.
*NOTE: Double-blind marking allows two markers to grade submissions independently without seeing each other's feedback before moderation. Refer to this* [*article*](https://support.cadmus.io/double-blind-marking?hsLang=en) *for complete setup details.*
*Keep in mind that you cannot enable double marking after marking has begun without losing feedback and points provided by the markers.*
6. Click Edit Marking Groups on the Instructions tab at any time to modify your groups.
To add your Markers to the list of options, they would need to access Cadmus through the LMS link first. Until they have done so, you can create your groups with Unassigned Marker, then rename the groups to reflect the Markers' names.
If your Markers are having difficulties with accessing Cadmus from the LMS, please connect with your LMS admin to grant them permission to launch external tools.
Add students to marking groups
1. Once a group has been created, you can add and remove students directly from the class list.
2. **To add or reallocate students to a group:**
3. From the class list on the *Progress *page*,* select the students you would like to add to a group**.**
4. Click **Marking group**.
5. Select the group you would like to add the students to. You can also create a new group from here if needed.
6. Click **Add** to confirm.
### Filter the class list by marking group
Once you’ve set up grading groups within Cadmus, you can easily filter the class list by group name.
**To filter the class list by group name:**
1. From the *Progress, Finals,* or *Drafts* tab, select **Marking group** in the filter menu.
2. Select the group you want to filter by.
**TIP!** You can also sort students in order of marking group by clicking on the *Marking group* header in the class list.
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