{"id":3557,"date":"2014-01-13T16:02:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kb.wordpress.depauw.edu\/?page_id=3557"},"modified":"2021-03-05T09:33:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:33:33","slug":"google-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?page_id=3557","title":{"rendered":"DePauw Google Account: Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your DePauw Google Account includes Google Groups, which is similar to a mailing list because it contains the email addresses of its members, but also has its own address.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?page_id=3557#GG\">General guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?page_id=3557#RNG\">Requesting a new group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?page_id=3557#AG\">Accessing groups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?page_id=3557#JU\">Joining and unsubscribing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?page_id=3557#SM\">Sending messages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?page_id=3557#MOG\">Members of a Google Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?page_id=3557#OOG\">Owners (Managers) of a Google Group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><a name=\"GG\"><\/a>General guidelines<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary use is for official University business, including employee and student academic pursuits, and employee administrative, personnel, and\/or business matters.<\/li>\n<li>It is the group owner\u2019s responsibility to learn the system features necessary to manage the group settings, memberships, and training.<\/li>\n<li>An opt-out option is to be given to members of the group.<\/li>\n<li>Groups that are inactive for longer than 12 months or fail to conform to policy will be removed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Learn more at DePauw&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Link to DePauw's Google Groups Policy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.depauw.edu\/it\/policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Groups Policy<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><a name=\"RNG\"><\/a>Requesting a new group<\/h1>\n<p>To request a new Google Group, please complete the <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Link to Request for a Special Group Email List form\" href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/L30zCZdhWX65qlS72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special Account, Group Email List, or Print\/Copy Card Request<\/a><\/span> form.\u00a0(<strong>Note<\/strong>: You must be logged into your DePauw Google Account to access this form.)<br \/>\n<a name=\"AG\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Accessing groups<\/h1>\n<p>To access your Groups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log into your DePauw Google Account<\/li>\n<li>Click the <em>Google apps<\/em> icon found in the top right of your screen<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13358\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?attachment_id=13358\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kb.depauw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EmailGoogleAppsIcon.gif?fit=26%2C25&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"26,25\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"EmailGoogleAppsIcon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kb.depauw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EmailGoogleAppsIcon.gif?fit=26%2C25&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13358 size-full\" title=\"Image of Google Apps icon\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kb.depauw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EmailGoogleAppsIcon.gif?resize=26%2C25&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image of Google Apps icon\" width=\"26\" height=\"25\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click<em> Groups<\/em><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13359\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/?attachment_id=13359\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kb.depauw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EmailGroupsIcon.gif?fit=54%2C84&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"54,84\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Image of Groups icon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kb.depauw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EmailGroupsIcon.gif?fit=54%2C84&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13359\" title=\"Image of Groups icon\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kb.depauw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EmailGroupsIcon.gif?resize=40%2C62&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image of Groups icon\" width=\"40\" height=\"62\" \/><\/li>\n<li>At this point, your membership list will be displayed<\/li>\n<li>Click on the group you want to access for its history of messages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"JU\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Joining and unsubscribing<\/h1>\n<p>Go to Google&#8217;s<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/groups\/answer\/1067205?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=2458613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find and join a group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/groups\/answer\/46608?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=2458613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsubscribe from a group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0for instructions that may be helpful to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><a name=\"SM\"><\/a>Sending messages<\/h1>\n<p>You do not need to be logged into your Group&#8217;s Web page to send a message. You can easily send an email to the email address that is associated with your group. For example, you can log in to your DePauw Google Account, click <em>Compose,<\/em> and then type your Group email address in the <strong>To <\/strong>field in order for you to send a message to all members of the Group.<br \/>\n<a name=\"MOG\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Members of a Google Group<\/h1>\n<p>Information is available in Google&#8217;s online help for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Link to Google's find and join a group\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/groups\/answer\/1067205?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=2459438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find and join a group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Link to Google's read and respond to group posts\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/groups\/answer\/1059071?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=2459438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read and respond to group posts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Link to Google's create a new topic\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/groups\/answer\/1046523?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=2459438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Create a new topic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Link to Google's my membership settings\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/groups\/answer\/1047839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My membership settings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"OOG\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Owners (Managers) of a Google Group<\/h1>\n<h3>Responsibilities<\/h3>\n<p>To comply with DePauw&#8217;s Google Groups Policy, the owner or manager of a Google Group is responsible for the following settings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Group members must be given the option to opt-out. On the left side of the main page of your group:\n<ul>\n<li>Click <em>Settings \u2192 Email options<\/em>. Go to the <strong>Email footer<\/strong> section, and select <em>Display the Google Groups opt-out URL \u2192 Save<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>System settings that are to remain unchanged. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Warning<\/span><\/strong>: Changing the following settings will result in the removal of the Google Group:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Group name<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Group email address<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Google&#8217;s online resources<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/groups#topic=9216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Groups Help<\/a> includes information on getting started with Google Groups, creating &amp; managing a group, participating in &amp; posting to a group, and more.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 9px;\">Updated: 3\/5\/2021<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your DePauw Google Account includes Google Groups, which is similar to a mailing list because it contains the email addresses of its members, but also has its own address. General guidelines Requesting a new group Accessing groups Joining and unsubscribing Sending messages Members of a Google Group Owners (Managers) of a Google Group General guidelines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":279,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3557","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","categories-depauw-google-account","tags-google","tags-groups"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8bNSz-Vn","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3557"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14825,"href":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3557\/revisions\/14825"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.depauw.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}