Google Groups provides a way to share documents, sites, calendars, and send messages with groups of people.
If you are the administrator of a Stanford workgroup, a tool is available to create a new Google group using the existing Stanford Workgroup name and membership. Once the Google group is created and linked to your workgroup, you can only use Workgroup Manager to maintain membership for Stanford users. Non-Stanford users can be added within Google Apps, not Workgroup Manager.
Features
- You can create your own groups.
- Stanford workgroups can be linked to Google groups.
- Owners of groups can configure access permissions..
Getting started
The process for integrating a Stanford workgroup with a Google group is:
- Create a workgroup using Workgroup Manager.
- Use the Workgroup Integration tool to create a new Google group using the existing Stanford Workgroup name and membership.
Once your Google group is created do not rename it. If you do rename it, the Google group will be deleted via an automated process.
For information about gtting started with Google Groups, see Using Google Groups.
