Groups are an easy way to connect teachers, students and/or parents outside the classroom!
You can use Groups for:
✅ Students who are working on a group project
✅ Parents who would like to communicate with each other
✅Staff members to share experiences & class content
✅Planning your next field trip
✅Sharing important announcements
In Groups, everyone can stay informed. Parent volunteers are always in the loop and teachers can share permission forms with everyone quickly and easily. Students can easily be accounted for during roll call just by viewing the group members list. You can even pin posts in groups so that important announcements don't get missed!
Archiving/Deleting/Restoring Groups
Group owners can archive and/or delete a group. In doing so, the group becomes hidden for all members and only owners can unarchive the group afterwards.
Archiving a Group
Archiving Groups on iOS
Switch over to the Groups tab before starting!
Tap the Menu Icon in the top left corner
Tap Groups
Tap the Group in the Groups List
Tap the '...' Icon in the top right corner
Tap Group Settings
Tap Archive Group
You can swipe left on the group for a quicker way to archive groups!
Restoring (unarchive) a Group
To restore (unarchive) a group:
Tap on the wrench
Tap the slider next to Show Archived Groups
Select the group you’d like to restore
Tap Restore Group
Tip: You can also swipe on an archived group to unarchive it.
Deleting a Group
Groups can only be deleted by the owner if they are the only owner of the group.
Tap on the wrench
Tap the slider next to Show Archived Groups
Select the group you’d like to delete
Tap Delete Group
Create a Group
To create a group:
Tap on the Groups tab
Tap the Wrench
Select New Group
Select a name for your group, adjust the group settings (listed in detail below,) and tap Save.
Group Settings
Name:
Type the name of your group here. There are no character restrictions so be as creative as you want!
About:
Write a brief description of the group’s purpose here and it’ll show up in the Group Info.
Code:
This is the code to be used by others to join. Tap the refresh arrow to generate a new code.
Registration:
Open - Members can join with the group code and have access to the group right away.
By Approval - Members can join and will get a message saying "Waiting to Join Group." The group owner will need to approve the join.
Closed - No new members can join the group.
By default, a New Group registration setting will be set to 'open.' After 2 weeks, the group will automatically change to 'join by approval.' This helps keep your group secure.
Announcements Only
When ON, group owners only will be able to post comments and other participants will only be able to view the group.
Parents can Join
Allow parents to join your group or not.
Students can Join
Allow students to join your group or not.
For more information on creating groups and approving members to join, check this out.
Change Group Settings After You've Created a Group
To change the group settings after the group has been made:
Tap on the 3 dots in the top right of the group
Select Group Info
Tap Group Settings
Group Notifications
We’ve added more notification settings to help you stay on top of things in Showbie! Now you can choose to turn off all notifications from groups except specific groups!
Groups-wide Notifications
Editing your notifications from your profile settings means that you’ll receive notifications from all your groups.
Tap on your profile picture
Tap Preferences
Go to Groups
Adjust your notifications by choosing whether you want to receive email or push notifications – blue means it’s turned on!
Individual Group Notifications
Adjusting specific group notifications means you’ll only get notifications from that specific group.
Go to the group you want notifications for
Tap on the Group Info icon
Tap Notification Preferences
You can choose whether to receive email and/or push notifications by tapping on each icon – blue means it’s turned on!
Joining a Group
To join a group, you will need the group code from the group owner.
Joining via Group Code
Once you have the group code, open the Groups tab
Tap on the wrench
Tap Join a Group
Input your group’s code and tap Join
If you see the message, "Waiting to Join Group" this means that the group owner needs to approve to join first. They will have received a push or email notification letting them know you've requested to join. As soon as they approve your request, you'll be able to see all the messages in the group. Learn more here.
Tip: Don’t have a group code? Please get in touch with the group owner, and they can give the code to you.
Leaving a Group
Leave or resign ownership of the group
If you’re a group owner, you can only leave the group if there is another owner. Non-owners can leave a group anytime. The instructions are the same for the iPad and the web app.
Tap the Group Info button
Go to Group Members
Find your name and tap on it
Tap Leave Group