What's New in Clever Groups

Latest features, improvements and policy updates — most recent first.

10 July 2026

See at a glance who has submitted preferences

The Edit Preferences button for each student now turns green as soon as they submit at least one preference. Blue means no preferences yet. You can see the whole class at a glance without opening any individual student’s record — useful for chasing up students before the preference deadline.

Student list showing green Edit Preferences buttons where preferences have been submitted

See how well the grouping worked for each student

Group results now show a small symbol next to each student name so you can see at a glance whether their preferences were matched:

Green tick — at least one preference was matched.
Red cross — no preferences were matched.
! Exclamation mark — no preferences submitted by the team member.

The satisfaction percentage shown above the groups now counts only students who submitted preferences — so students who missed the deadline do not drag the score down unfairly. The glyphs update in real time as you drag students between groups.

Group results showing satisfaction glyphs beside each student name

Display / Print Groups & Export

The Display / Print Groups button opens a clean, full-screen view of your groups designed for projecting in class. There are no editing controls — just the names and satisfaction results, clearly laid out so every student can read them from the back of the room.

Inside, two print options let you choose what to share:

Print Groups — includes the satisfaction percentage, preference glyphs, and the Clever Groups watermark.
Print Groups (Names only) — names and watermark only. Use this when posting results publicly and you don’t want students to see each other’s preference data.

You can also Export Groups to CSV from within this view.

Display Groups view showing a clean full-screen layout of generated groups

Random group generator

Not every activity needs preferences. The random group generator gives every student an equal, unbiased chance of ending up in any group — ideal for icebreakers, sport rotations, seating changes and low-stakes activities where you want variety without the preference-collection step. Supports up to 200 students. Completely free — no sign-up required.

Try 13 example generators before you sign up

New example generator pages are available at clevergroups.com/try. Each page arrives pre-loaded with sample students so you can generate groups immediately and see real results — no sign-up required.

Preference-based scenarios:

Fair groups — balanced groups by ability level
Camp cabins — mixed-gender cabin allocations with staff
Bus groups — seating with supervised student support
Classroom groups — mixed ability with learning support
Jigsaw groups — expert and home group roles
Project teams — multi-role team composition
Lab groups — paired lab partners
Reading rotations — guided reading level groups
Student pairs — preference-based buddy pairs
Keep apart — separating students who shouldn’t be grouped
Preference groups — pure preference-based grouping with no categories
Peer marking — assigning students to mark each other’s work

Example of a /try/ scenario page pre-loaded with sample students

29 June 2026

Subscription plans

Clever Groups has moved to a subscription model. If you registered before this date, thank you for being an early user — your account has the option of moving to a Foundation Free plan, which includes 3 free group generations per month.

Foundation Free gives you enough generations to try Clever Groups with your own class lists. If Clever Groups is saving you time in the classroom, a Foundation Annual subscription is available to current registered users at a special founding-member rate. This is the lowest rate the plan will ever be offered at, and it locks in that price for as long as you keep your subscription active.

All your data is retained regardless of which option you choose. New teachers registering now start on a free trial. Visit your account page to see your current plan and available options, or view the pricing page for a full plan comparison.

Updated Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy have been updated to cover subscription billing and payment processing. Key changes include:

Subscription plan terms, renewal, cancellation and refund conditions.
Payment processing via LemonSqueezy as our Merchant of Record.
Updated service provider table reflecting billing, transactional email and analytics providers now in use.

By continuing to use Clever Groups, you agree to the updated terms. If you have questions, contact us at [email protected].