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Comment: Adding how to set listservs to "digest"

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There may be some groups that you manage – You can tell that this is the case if you see two bonus icons to the left of the others. The first (gear icon) allows you to manage the group’s settings. The second (person icon) allows you to add members to the group.

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How do you change your email settings?

  1. Click on the group from your My Groups list that you wish to change your email settings for

    1. Ex. Faculty-Staff

  2. On the left-hand side at the bottom choose “My membership settings”

  3. Under the Subscription section, use the dropdown menu to choose how you would like to receive emails from the group

    1. We suggest “Each email” or “Digest”

How do you add members?

  1. At groups.google.com, click on the name of a group that you manage.

  2. In the lefthand sidebar, click on “People” to pull up a list of your group’s members.

    A screenshot of a managed Google Group, with the 'People' tab in the left sidebar highlighted.

  3. Beneath the search bar at the top of the screen, you should see an option to “Add Members”. Clicking on this will open the following window:

    Google's 'Add Members' window, featuring a field to type in email addresses, and a field to write an invitation message.

    4. Currently, the above window is set to ‘Send invites to join group’. This means that users will have to accept an invitation to be added. If you toggle this switch to blue, you can directly add users without requiring an accepted invite. This is only recommended when the intended members are already aware they are becoming part of a mailing list or group, and are also members of your organization.

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