Work Smarter with Google Groups Using Our Guide

You can send an email to everyone in a group with one address, invite a group to an event, or share documents with a group. You can also create an online forum to discuss a popular event or answer questions about a topic.

With Google Groups, you can:

• Find and join a group
• Post topics and responses
• Create a group
• Collaborate with your team
• Manage groups

Share content quickly and easily with multiple people using Google Groups

You can share your G Suite content with multiple people at once using Google Groups such as:

• Docs
• Calendar
• Sites
• Files stored in Google Drive

If you add someone to your group, that person automatically gains access to content you previously shared with that group.

If you remove someone from a group, that person no longer has access to any content you shared with the group.

What is the advantage of having Google Groups?

1. You can use a single team email address instead of having multiple individual email addresses.
2. You can share resources from Google Docs, Calendar, Site and Files stored in Google Drive to your Google Group.
3. You can update your status to the Google Group
4. You can change the permissions for everyone at once, instead of changing individually.
5. If one of the individuals leaves your Google Group, you just remove them from the group so that they can’t gain access to content you previously shared with the group. There is no need to search for it.

Here’s how to create a Google Group:

1. In Groups, click CREATE GROUPand enter your group name and the group’s email address, and group description (Optional).

Option 1

1. If you are creating a group within your organisation, your group’s address will end with com, e.g. happy.co.uk

Note: To find or create web forums within your organisation that are not public, go to Groups and click My Groups > Switch organisation view to yourdomain.com before continuing the following tasks.

Option 2

1. If you’re creating a public group, your group’s address will end with com.
2. At the top of the page, click CREATE
3. Add people to your new group.
4. Select content that you want to share, such as calendars, sites, docs, and files stored in Drive.
5. Find the sharing feature for your content:
   • Calendar: Under My Calendars, go to your calendar and click More options > Settings. Go toAccess permissions and choose your sharing options. If you want to send a shareable link to your calendar, at the bottom, click Get shareable link > Copy Link. If you want to share your calendar with a specific person, go to Share with specific people and click Add people.
   • Classic Calendar: In the sidebar, next to the calendar you want to share, click the Down arrow > Share this Calendar.
   • Sites: Click Add people.
   • Classic Sites: Click Settings >Sharing and Permissions.
   • Docs, Sheets, and Slides: ClickShare in the upper corner.
   • Forms: Click More> Add collaborators.
   • Drive: Click Share.

6. Enter your Groups address (such as happy@happy.co.uk) where prompted and confirm your sharing permissions.

Do you use Google Groups? How have they helped you to work more effectively?