Navigating your Student Group on Community

Finding your Student Group on Community

Click on ‘Student Groups’ tab

The center of the Student Group page will list all organizations you are a part of

You can narrow your organization list by using the A-Z index

Example Group Homepage

These sections are only available to, and can only be editable by, group admins

Now we’re going to highlight some features of the Student Group pages

Blogs

First we’re going to talk about group blogs

To start a discussion, click on Add New Discussion

Edit your text just like Microsoft Word

Determine who can see your discussion

And then submit

Members

The Members tab is on the left

When you click on the Members tab you will automatically view current members

There are 4 different ‘sections’ of students you can view

You can send messages to members

You can export membership information into Excel files

As well as other batch actions that will affect rights within your group

You can also add students, or invite them to join your group

This is the form for adding or inviting students to join your group

Budget

Now onto Budgets

This is your budget ‘home screen’

All accounts your organization is responsible for will be listed here

Select the magnifying glass to view your account information Select the pen image to edit your account information

This is your edit ‘homepage’

The ‘Add a Transaction’ feature will be used the most often.

This is where you will now request payments.

This is the transaction form

Please be sure to read ALL the text on this form.

If information is incorrect or missing, it will not be processed!

This is the screen you will see after you have submitted a request

All withdrawals need to be approved by your group’s advisor and Student Senate’s Chair of Appropriations before the Business Office can write a check.

You will be notified of the approval through Community

When making a deposit through Community this will only update your transactions through the system

You will still need to bring the deposit to the Business Office for an actual deposit with the deposit form

Found in your Documents folder

Polls

Now we’re going to go through Polls

Poll ‘homepage’

Here is the Poll form

When you click on ‘Add Poll Question’ button

This form will show up

You can add names into the ‘Options’ field to make it an election

Questions?

For any questions regarding Community, or if you would like to schedule a personal training contact Tera Kringle, Director of Student Activities [email protected]

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