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Editing a group

How to change an existing group's name, description, visibility or category.

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Step by step

  1. 1

    Open Groups under Admin Actions.

  2. 2

    Press the pencil on the group's card.

  3. 3

    Make your changes.

  4. 4

    Press Save Changes.

How it works

Lets you keep a group's details up to date and switch it between private and public.

Press the pencil icon (Edit group) on the group's card in Groups (under Admin Actions) or the Edit group button at the top of the group's page. The icon shows for the owner and for staff with the Manage groups permission who are assigned to that group.

In the Edit Group window you can change Name, Description, Visibility and Category. After Save Changes the card and the group page update immediately.

Switching from Private to Public means new people join straight away, without approval.

Good to know

The group admin isn't changed from this window, see “Assigning staff to a group”.

If you don't see the pencil, you either lack Manage groups or aren't assigned to the group.

On this screen

Edit Group window

The form with the group's current details.

Lets you change the group.

Opens with the current values. Closing without saving discards the changes.

Name field

The group's name.

Renames the group.

Required, 3 to 50 characters.

Description field

The text about the group.

Updates the information people see about the group.

Required, 3 to 300 characters.

Visibility field

Private or public group.

Changes how people join.

Private: joining only after approval. Public: anyone joins immediately.

Category field

The group's folder.

Moves the group to another category or leaves it uncategorised.

Only shown if the school has categories. Uncategorised removes the category.

Save Changes button

Saves the group changes.

Applies the new details and closes the window.

While saving, the button is disabled and shows a spinner.

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