Google Course Groups allows instructors to create an Google network for their course. Group members receive email at a general (rather than personal) address.  Email sent to the address is redirected to one or more individuals at their personal addresses, and not held in a central mailbox. Google Course Groups can also be used to assign permissions within Google, such as the ability to view a Google Calendar, Document, or Site.

In a Google Course Group, student enrollment is kept up-to-date based on Banner registration for the course, and additional members, including those who do not have brown.edu addresses, can be added.

Benefits

Getting Started

Faculty should request a Google Course Group site using coursetools.brown.edu.

Faculty and students can access Google Groups by visiting https://groups.google.com/my-groups or by clicking the Groups link from the Google Apps icon when logged into your Google account.

Information for Students

Send a message to a group

Instructors must enable permissions for students to send messages. Once student permissions are enabled, students do not need to log in to your Group's page to send a message. Simply send an email to the email address associated with your group (e.g., my-group-address@brown.edu).

Technical Requirements

By default, the course instructor is also the Google Course Group manager. Managers have the ability to add group members, send messages to the group, set member permissions, change member roles, and remove members from the group. Instructors can set other groups members as co-managers.

FAQ

Where do I request this service?

• Request a Google Course Group site using coursetools.brown.edu.
• Learn more about requesting a Google Course Group.

Where can I go to learn more about this service?

• Contact dld@brown.edu