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MyGroups

Modify a Group

Recommended for first-timers:

  • Review the MyGroups Administrator Guidelines for a complete list of requirements for creating and managing a group using MyGroups.
  • You can modify the group description, membership, or administrators for a group.
  • You must be the administrator of a MyGroups group in order to modify it.

Modify a Group

  1. Browse to the MyGroups Management website. You will arrive on the Create New Group page.
    A NetBadge login is required to access the MyGroups Management website.
  2. Click the Manage Existing Group button.
  3. Select the group you want to modify from the list of groups you administer in the pull-down menu.
  4. Click the Submit Information button.

There are three elements you can modify for the selected group: Description, Administrator, and Members.

To modify the group Description...

  1. Click the Modify Description button.
  2. Enter the new description for the group in the field provided.
  3. Click the Change Description button.

To modify the group Administrator(s)...

  1. Click the Manage Administrators button.
    Note: If you are the only administrator of a group, you will not be able to delete yourself as administrator until you have added another administrator. The system will not allow deletion of the sole administrator of a group.
  2. To ADD an administrator...
    1. Use either the People Search or User ID* options to add a new administrator.
      *See Create a Group for more details on using these options.
    2. Click the Modify Group button at the bottom of the page to commit the change.
  3. To DELETE an administrator...
    1. Select the name of the administrator to be deleted.
    2. Click the Remove Admins >> button.
    3. Click the Modify Group button at the bottom of the page to complete the action.

To modify group Members...

  1. Click the Manage Members button.
  2. To ADD members...
    1. Use either the People Search or User ID* options to add a new administrator.
      *See Create a Group for more details on using these options.
    2. Click the Modify Group button at the bottom of the page to commit the change.
  3. To DELETE members...
    1. Select the name of the member(s) to be deleted.
    2. Click the Remove Member >> button.
    3. Click the Modify Group button at the bottom of the page to complete the action.

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