Groups Guide

Groups is how we describe any student group we want to give some access and independence to on your Website. Typically, these are Sports Clubs & Societies, however, some also use it for Course reps, mailing lists, interest groups and one-off projects.

Configuration: Group Types and Categories
There are a few configuration items related to Groups that need to be set up before you create groups. Group Types On this page, you can set the Types...
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Creating a Group
Creating a group is done from within the groups page (GROUPS > GROUPS > SELECT A TYPE TO CREATE A NEW GROUP).  From here you can see all gro...
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Group Setup: Summary and Edit
The first two tabs will allow you to view and amend the basic information for this group. You can set the outgoing email address for emails from this gr...
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Group Setup: Adding a Logo
Here you can either upload a logo for your group or select from a predefined list. If you choose to use a predefined logo, scroll to the bottom of the page ...
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Group Setup: Membership Types
A group needs at least one membership type before it is possible for students to join the group. You will be able to view and amend all membership types...
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Groups setup: Questions
This section allows a society to ask questions of their new members during the sign up process. For example a choral society might ask what vocal part their...
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Group Awards
You can assign groups awards on UnionCloud, the logo will appear on their Group page on the frontend.  To create a Group Award click [Add Group Award] ...
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Group User Groups
When a group is created three user groups will be created as a default Administrators Alumni Current Members Other user groups can be created as...
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Group Events
Groups can create and manage their own events through this section. These are created in the same way as you would create an event outside of the group. ...
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Group content management
Here you can setup a subsite for your group. If there is already a well built subsite on your site you can copy it and use it's structure rather than ...
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