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Portal Group - Join Political Science Group
HOW TO JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN A GROUP
As a member of a group, you may submit files, news,
photos, Web links, participate in discussion forums, send e-mail and have chats
with other members of your particular group.
TO JOIN A SPECIFIC GROUP ON NEIUport:
 Log
into the portal.
Click on the Groups icon in the upper right hand corner:
When you access the Groups application, you will see three
tabs: My Groups, Group Index, and Request Group.
Click on Groups Index.
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The
Groups Index tab shows a list of all existing groups currently available on NEIUport. Groups are categorized into
subgroups, such as Administrative Groups, Employee Groups, Student Groups,
etc.
To Join a Group:
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CLICK
on the category (Faculty/Academic Depts) that your group is in, (Blue Hexagon)
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Find your group (Political Science) and CLICK on it.
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CLICK
on the button, Join Group. Membership
to a Public Group will occur immediately. Membership to a Restricted Group
needs to be approved by the Group Leader.
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PARTICIPATING IN A GROUP ON NEIUport:
Please Note: Public Group postings will
occur immediately.
Restricted Group postings need to be
approved by the owner of the Group, (the Group Leader).
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The
following Group Tools may or may not be
available to all group members:
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Homepage
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Quickly returns you to the group homepage
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Announcements
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Allows you to compose and send
an announcement to group members.
Announcements will appear in
the Personal Announcements section
of the “MyNEIU” tab.
The announcement will only appear
to other members of your group.
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News
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Allows you to read articles
that have been submitted and approved; allows you to submit articles for
posting.
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Photos
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Allows you to view all photos that have been submitted and
approved; allows you to submit photos for posting.
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Links
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Allows you to view all Web links that have been submitted
and approved; allows you to submit Web links for posting.
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Files
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Allows you to view/download files that have been submitted
and approved; allows to you submit files for posting.
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Message Board
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Allows you to enter a dedicated message board where you
can read and post topics, messages and replies.
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Calendar
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Allows you to access the Group calendar, and post upcoming
events.
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E-mail
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Allows you to send e-mail to an individual member of the
group, several members of the group, or the whole group.
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Chat
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A place where you can chat “real time” with other members
of your group. Similar to an online chat room.
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Members
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Allows you to see all of the members of the group.
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