Managing Groups

When you create a group, there are several functionalities you can use to edit it to your liking, and allow group members to collaborate and interact with each other.

Navigation

In the left navigation, make sure you are in the Social Workspace.

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When in the Social Workspace, select Groups and then select All Groups.

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Find the group you want to manage and select View. Under the group name, select Edit Group.

Settings Under Edit Group

Under Edit Group on the right, you can change some of the basic settings for the group. Let's go over these in some more details.

Group Details:

Here you can change the name, description, and category of the group.

Add members:

Here you can add members to the group. Adding members automatically makes them members of the group, without inviting them first. See: Adding Members to Groups and Creating Automated Registration Rules

Send Invites:

Here you can send potential members an invitation to join the group. They can either accept or decline after this. See: Invite Employees to Join a Group

Polls:

Here you can find an overview of all Group Polls, easily see the results, edit them, or create new polls.


Badges:

Here you can find and create group badges.

 

Notifications:

You can configure the group notification preferences here. If no selections are made, the default settings applied will be those defined in the Academy Workspace under Settings.

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See: Social Workspace Notifications

Settings:

Here you can change the group settings.

Members can share resources with the group Lets members add resources to the group.
Members can post to the wall If On, members can post to the feed.
Wall posts need admin approval before they are published If on, posts to the feed need admin approval first.
Members can edit their wall posts If on, posts made to the feed can be edited afterwards.
Threads If on, allows threads.
Members can edit their thread posts If on, thread posts can be edited afterwards.
Show auto-generated posts If on, shows auto-generated posts in the feed - you can select which ones.
Group is open to* (only available if you have permission to create groups accessible for guests) Members or members and guests.
Make group public If on, everyone with access to the category the group is in can see this group.
How can people join this group? Whether users can join the group, or need to request to join
Who can view threads? Members only or everyone
Who can view the wall? Members only or everyone

 

Delete Group:

This lets you delete the group.

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