These steps detail how to create a group.
Login to your Beloit College Google account and click the app chooser icon in the upper left corner near your profile picture. Select Groups from the pop-out menu.
Click the red Create Group button.
To create a Google Group follow the steps given below.
- Navigate to Google Groups.
- Click on the Create Group button on the top left of the screen.
- Enter the Group name. This must be a unique name
- as no two groups may have the same name.
- Edit the
- Group email address if you
- like. The group name is inserted into the email by default.
- Add a
- Group description. It is helpful to add a description if your group will be open to the public.
- Choose the
- Group's primary language
- . English is the default
- .
- Choose one of the four
- Group types: Email List, Web Forum, Q&A Forum, and Collaborative Inbox
- For more information on Group types see: Types of Google Groups.
- Set the
- Basic permissions. These settings determine who can have access to the group.
- There are three areas to set: View Topics, Post, and Join the group.
- By default a group is private.
Click the red Create button at the top of the screen.
- To change it to public see: Make a Group Public .
- After filling in all the sections click the Create Group button at the top left of the screen.
The new group has now been created.
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Once a Group is created, there can |
sometimes be a short lag period while the server creates the group, assigns permissions, etc. |
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