Hi Mary
I think we have a similar issue. We are going to be upgrading to M3.3 soon HOWEVER for now we are running some pilots in Moodle 2.7
I need to set up a small number (about three) separate and non-mutually visible groups of users and their teachers.
Question 1
If I create one course, and add users (teachers and students) into three separate and invisible courses and then enroll that course of users (so to speak) into the 9 different (meta) courses, will those meta courses inherit the same properties of users (all of the user in any group will still only be able to see others in that group?)
Question 2
If that course (in calendar format) where the three groups is created, has teachers adding content to the content areas of each section - will that teachers content be invisible to other teachers and students-not-taught-by-that teacher? ie will separate and invisible groups of students-and-their-teachers be able to share the course and all its features (like HTML text areas, assignments etc) all separately?
If the answer to EITHER of these is NO - how might I do this? Simply create a new course for EACH SEPARATE group of teacher/students and then enroll those courses into the 9 meta courses? Or is there a more elegant way?)
Any help appreciated. (also do you do formal consulting work?)
Best
Dom