This article discusses how to configure features within GroupShare as a Leader.
Required Access:
You must be an Administrator or Leader of a GroupShare group to see the configuration options.
Where to go:
- From the Member Portal homepage, find My Groups > name of group such as Membership Committee.
- By default, only the Directory and Admin icons are available. The Configuration option will allow you to choose which features to enable.
- Find the Admin icon
- Click on Configuration
Here, you will find 20 different types of custom configurations you can set up for your group:
- *Require Volunteer Hours For Group Members? (required) - will allow Members to enter Hours in GroupShare.
- *Allow Group Members To Upload Photos? (required) - allows Members to upload Photos
- *Allow Members To Access Group Roster? (required) - will allow Members to Download XLS Roster and the Download PDF Roster under Member Actions when a member clicks on the top left navigation menu
- *Allow Group Members To Create To Dos? (required) - allows Members to create "To Dos" in Tasks
- *Allow Group Members To Email The Group? (required) - allows Members to use the Email Tool in the Directory to email other members or directly email them using the email icon in the Members panel of the GroupShare homepage
- *Allow Group Members To See Addresses? (required) - allows Members to see the addresses of other members in the Directory
- *Allow Leaders To Configure GroupShare Page? (required) - allows all Leaders to have access to the Configuration options in GroupShare
- Enable Group Description? - will enable the ability to add the description to the All My Groups page
- Enable Welcome Box? - please disregard, not being used
- Enable Group Leaders Box? - will enable the Leaders icon that links to the Directory
- Enable Group Members Box? - will enable the Members icon that links to the Directory
- Enable Leadership Notebook? - will enable the Notebook tool, where Leaders can take notes
- Enable Group Events? - will enable the Calendar, where you can set up a registration tool through the GroupShare Registration Tool Wizard
- Enable Group News? - will enable the News panel next to the Members Directory, where members of the group can post relevant news items like reminders and announcements
- Enable Group Forms? - will enable Forms, which are created with Form Builder used to collect and select information for the group
- Enable Group To Dos? - will enable Tasks, which allows Leaders to assign tasks to Members
- Enable Group Discussions? - will enable Discussions, where members of a group can post and reply to topics posted in a threaded conversation
- Enable Group Photo Album? - will display Photos, where members can mass upload group photos and enter captions for each file
- Enable Group File Share? - will display Files, where members can upload, download and share files with each other
- Enable Group Custom Pages?- more details coming soon
- To upload a banner image that will appear on your GroupShare page, click Choose File. The recommended width is 1110px.
- Click Save to complete the changes.
- The group logo will appear on the GroupShare homepage as a banner.
- To add a description, enter the text in the editor and it will show up on the All My Groups page for your group.
