myPortal: Groups - Adding Members

Summary

This article will walk Group admins through the process of Adding a Group Member, Delete a Group Member, Add a Group Administrator, Delete a Group Administrator. The Groups feature connects users with people, discussions, announcements, events, and resources. Campuses, departments, services, and student organizations are just a few types of the many Groups to join.

How-To

Task: Users will be able to manage group members

Only a Group Admin will be able to manage group membership

Instructions

  1. Navigate to the specific Group.
  2. Click on Settings in the upper right-hand corner.
  3. Select the Group Members tab.
  4. Under Add Members Manually, you have the choice of adding members one by one or through a .csv import. 
  5.  .CSV file with an "email" column containing the emails of users you want to add.
  6. Type the name of the Group Member to add in the Add Members field.
  7. Select the user name of the Group Member to add.

Add members automatically

This feature allows you to add members based on their attributes like Role, Gender, Major, etc.  As new people are added to the platform, they will be added automatically if they match the filter conditions. Based on your permissions you will only see Roles that you have access too.

Advanced Filters allow you to select User based on Banner field attributes.

Delete a Group Member

  1. Click on the Remove icon to the right of the Group Member to remove.

Add a Group Administrator

  1. Select the Group Admins tab.
  2. Type the name of the Group Admin to add in the Add Admins field.
  3. Select the user name of the Group Admin to add.

Removal of a Group Administrator

  1. Click on the Remove icon to the right of the Group Admin to remove
  2. Select Yes in the dialogue box to complete removal.

 

Outcome

Users will now be able to manage Group membership and Administrators

Further Readings

myPortal: Groups

myPortal: Groups - Editing a Group

 

Need additional help?

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Details

Article ID: 4725
Created
Thu 6/22/23 9:59 AM
Modified
Tue 8/13/24 11:46 AM
Applicable Institution(s):
Keene State College (KSC)
Plymouth State University (PSU)
University of New Hampshire (UNH)
USNH System Office