---
title: "Home Groups"
slug: "home-groups"
tags: ["home groups", "permissions"]
updated: 2023-01-16T16:21:41Z
published: 2023-01-16T16:21:41Z
canonical: "support.smarteru.com/home-groups"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.smarteru.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Home Groups

Every user in SmarterU can be [assigned to multiple groups](/v1/docs/user-group-permissions). However, each user must be assigned one – and only one – home group. You can think of a home group as the user’s main group. Home groups affect various aspects of what learners and users can see, edit, and do in SmarterU.

For example, a learner’s home group can be used to control what they see in the [learner interface](https://support.smarteru.com/docs/learner-interface). [Dashboard sets can be assigned to a group](/v1/docs/dashboard-set-scope-of-availability); learners who have that group as their home group will see that dashboard set. Dashboard sets can also be set up to [show group-specific branding and customization](/v1/docs/dashboard-sets).

Home groups also control who is able to view and edit a user’s information, including their profile and enrollments. Users with the [Group Manager (GM)](/v1/docs/group-permission-group-manager-gm) or [View Learner Results (VLR)](/v1/docs/group-permission-view-learner-results-vlr) permission on a learner’s home group will be able to report on all of the learner’s enrollments when the [account’s home group reporting setting](https://support.smarteru.com/docs/home-group-reporting) is enabled.

Home groups also control who can edit a user’s information. Users with the [Group Manager (GM)](/v1/docs/group-permission-group-manager-gm) or [Manage Group Users (MGU)](/v1/docs/group-permission-manage-group-users-mgu) permission on a user’s home group will be able to edit the user’s information.

## Related

- [Account: Settings](/account-settings.md)
- [Enrolling Users](/enrolling-users.md)
- [Group Permissions](/group-permissions-1.md)
- [Group: Users](/group-users.md)
- [Home Group Reporting](/home-group-reporting.md)
- [User: Group Permissions](/user-group-permissions.md)