Thursday, March 19th, 2009

To create a group:

1- Go to “My Calaxy”
2- Click on Groups


3- Click the Add Group tab.

4- Under Add Group, you will be asked to type your group name and an enrollment key.

Note: The enrollment key is the password you will share with your group members to give them access to your content.

5- You may choose to include your group in the Calaxy groups listing
6- You may decide to allow users to send you messages (K12HSN users only)
7- Click Add

Once the group is created, you will see it listed.
This icon allows you to remove/delete a group
This icon allows you to update a group
 This icon lets you send an invitation e-mail containing detailed instructions on how to join your group. You decide who should have access to your content. The Group Name ID , together with the enrollment key, will provide your chosen collaborators, students, etc., with access to review your content. 

You may choose to share content with non-K12HSN account holders. These guests you invite into the group are only able to review content. The K12HSN account holders in your group on the other end will be able to review and add new content in that group.

   This icon allows you to view, add or remove group members.

To add a group member manually:

To add a group member manually, go to the My Groups tab
Click  next to the group name

then click ‘Add new members’

 

In the Find Calaxy User box, type the first 4, 5 or 6 first letters of the teacher you would like to add to your group.

Click on the name of the person you would like to add to your group to highlight it.

Then click Add Member.

 

You’ll notice the name of the person on the right hand side under Group Members

Proceed with the next person you would like to add.

Once you have added all your group members, click Done.

To Accessing your Groups:
Groups can be accessed from "My Calaxy", by clicking on the Group icon.
Clicking on your group name will give you access to the content available to your group in Blogs, Videos, Podcasts, Images and Documents.

Note: You may choose to make some of the content in your group also available to the public. 

For K12HSN account holders to join a group:

1- Log into Calaxy
2- Go to “My Calaxy”
3- Click on Groups


4- Under My Memberships, enter the group name and enrollment key provided to you.
5- Click "Join"

Being a member of the group will allow you to view content specific to this group as well as contribute content to the group.

For non-K12HSN account holders to join a group:

1- Go to the URL indicated in your email
2- Type the Enrollment Key
3- Click "Submit"

Being a member of the group will allow you to view content specific to this group however you will not be able to contribute content to the group.

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