Online Programs: Creating a Group for Your Program
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Create a group for your program and build a sense of community with your participants. Members can use the group to share their progress, easily connect with one another, and get important updates.
In this article, learn how to:
Creating a group for your program
Set up a group for participants and make it easy for them to meet and share information. If you set up a group while creating your program, all participants are automatically added to the group.
If the group is set up after people have joined your program, existing participants will need to be added manually or join on their own. New participants will be automatically added to the group.
To create a group:
- Go to Online Programs in your site's dashboard.
- Click the More Actions icon
next to the relevant program. - Select Edit Settings from the drop-down.
- Click Groups and Rewards.
- Click Connect Group.
- Choose what you want to do:
- Connect an existing group: Select the checkbox next to the relevant group.
- Create a new group: Click Create Group.
- Enter the desired group name.
- Choose who can see and join this group:
- Public: Anyone can view this group.
- Private: Only members can view the group's content.
- Choose who can find this group from the visibility drop-down:
- Visible: Anyone can find this group.
- Hidden: Only members can find this group.
- Click Create.
- Click Done.
- Click Save at the top right.
What's next?
You can view the group in the Program Details section in your site's dashboard. Hover over Connected to see the group name.
Managing your group settings
Once you've created a group for your program you can manage the settings. Start by customizing the details of your group, the member list and the information in each tab like group discussions and media.
You can also disconnect the group if you no longer need it or if you want to connect a different one to your program.
To manage your group settings:
- Go to Online Programs in your site's dashboard.
- Click the More Actions icon next to the relevant program.
- Select Edit Settings from the drop-down.
- Click Groups and Rewards.
- Click the Group Settings drop-down.
- Choose what you want to do:
- Customize your group: Click Customize Group to edit group details.
- Disconnect the group from the program:
- Click Disconnect to remove the group from the program.
- Click Disconnect to confirm.
Note: When you disconnect a group, the group is not deleted and no members are removed. However, new program participants are no longer added to the group.
- Click Save.
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