Procedure on Google Groups

Anushree Shah

March 28, 2006

Carol Johnson

ENG352H -Technical Writing

Introduction:

Google Groups is designed to help people communicate better through email and online

discussions. This technology is free for any user who signs up and creates an account. It

allows a member to create public as well as restricted groups. Furthermore, it enables

one to search and view over 1 billions postings by other members. It guarantees easy

communication with colleagues and group members with the ability to mass email with

only one email address. Also one can bookmark ( ) topics of interest for easy

identification and future access so you can stay in touch with your interests. There are

many uses for a Google Groups account like keeping in touch with your family, friends,

club members, and other organizations.

Procedure:

Creating an account

1. Go to www.google.com and click on “Sign in”.

2. On the sign in page, click on “Google Groups,” located on the lower left of the

webpage.

3. Once you are on the Google groups website:

Skip to ______ if you already have an account. To create an account, click on ‘New Members: Join’

4. Once you are on the ‘Create a Google Groups’ account page, fill out the necessary

information. (Be sure to enter a valid email address and a password that you will

remember.)

5. After reading the terms of service, click on ‘I accept. Create my account.

6. An email Verification page with the following message will load up:

“In order to verify that the email address associated with your account is correct, we have sent an email message to (your email address here). To activate your Google account, please access your email and click on the link provided.”

Verifying Account

7. Sign in to the email address you used for this account.

8. After accessing to the email sent by Google Groups, click on the given link. This

link will directly take you to your Google Account. This page will look like

Picture1.

Sign-in

9. Go to www.groups.google.com and ‘Sign-in’ using your email ID and password.

A screen similar to Picture1 will show up.

Fun Facts about your group account:

10. Your homepage shows the recent history of groups that have been recently

visited, a link to manage, edit, and add new members.

11. If you click on you group name, the recent topics that have been discussed

through emails will show up. Also to receive an alert every time a new message is

posted, you can visit: http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en and set up an alert

system.

12. You can also do so using the “My Groups” feature. You can see the postings by

message summary, title, or view the entire conversation.

13. To find accounts or groups similar to yours or the ones that interest you, use the

search box at the top of most Google Groups pages. These results will show both

groups (green links) and postings (blue links) that will match your search terms.

14. To be notified of new discussion topics or postings of your interest, you can set up

a Google Alert. You can do this by selecting ‘Google Alerts,’ located to your left

side bar in your homepage.

15.

Troubleshooting and Hints:

For further information that has not been answered here, click on

http://groups.google.com/support/ or contact the Author: Anushree Shah via email

abs22@njit.edu. In case of an emergency you can reach her at 732-910-0737.

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References:

http://groups.google.com