Google Groups

Google Groups

features and advantages

Collaboration

• share Drive files/folders/Shared Drives with a group

• share Google Calendar with a group

• Allow group to reserve rooms (does require that the room is set up as a Google Resource)

• organizing events with group members

• Google Chat Room membership via group

• share Google Site with group

Security

• Google group moderation

• restrict who can post to a Google group

  • Anyone on the web (no restriction, default)

  • Anyone in the organization (meaning anyone with the same email suffix as the group i.e. @eng.ucsd.edu)

  • Group members (only people in the group can send to the group)

  • Group managers (only managers of the group can send to the group)

• Control Google Calendar visibility and sharing

Membership

• auto-populated groups

• manual groups, self-management

  • Note that OEC can also update group membership based on a list that you provide - this can be useful especially if you have a lot of changes to make