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Group Journal are Visible to all Enrolled Students in the Course
When journal is created in a group, all students enrolled in that course are able to view and comment on it by default.
 
Resolution/Workaround
To adjust this 'default' setting, instructors can edit the journal setting and uncheck the "Permit Members to View Journals". This results is only allowing group members to view and comment on the journal.