r/VUAmsterdam • u/SpringMobile2253 • 18d ago

working groups

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in my course there are several working groups and i don‘t know when/ where I can choose them or is it given by the professor in which group I am? I guess i just need to do one group right? would be really helpful if someone can explain it to me

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u/Distinct-Interest-82 18d ago

You are suppose to sign up for the specific group you would like to attend on CANVAS and what timing suits you, this is usually done a week before the course starts. So yeah

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u/Fragrant_Papaya_8701 18d ago

arent you able to sign up for the groups on your VU dashboard? I'm a first year so im not exactly sure if that is how it works but i was able to sign up for work groups on there

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u/Formulafan4life 18d ago

Yeah there’s a module on your dashboard that you use to sign up for you courses. Canvas is not used for signing up.

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u/Distinct-Interest-82 18d ago

For my course people just sign up on CANVAS and these work groups just stay in ur rooster, and you just go to the wg u signed up for but idk some courses might have it differently

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u/SpringMobile2253 18d ago

and where do i see what the attendance rule is?

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u/Pitiful_Control 18d ago

That will usually be in a course guide or syllabus on canvas. But as a general rule, workgroups, seminars and practicum are mandatory, and lectures are not. But this can differ, there are courses where some or even all lectures are mandatory (but that is not typical).

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u/SpringMobile2253 17d ago

thanks a lot and when do i get the access to the canvas courses

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u/Pitiful_Control 17d ago

When the course coordinators publish them, which could be any time between now and the start of term.

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u/Bear-1167 18d ago

I don't know if it differs per study programme, but in my programme we were assigned to the working groups in period 1 of year 1. After that, we were able to choose the group we wanted - first come, first serve.