Live@edu Services CourseWindows Live Groups Participant Guide

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Outlook Live

Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live SkyDrive

Office Live Workspace

Windows Live Spaces + Windows Live

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Windows Live Groups

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Windows Live Groups lessons

Create a Group

Invite People to Join a Group

Start a Discussion

Share Photos

Create a Folder

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Windows Live Groups

Windows Live Groups has all the online tools you need for your groups like school clubs, school organizations or project work groups. Everyone can communicate and collaborate together online using these features:

Shared Group Calendar

Group discussions

Windows Live Messenger to chat with up to 20 people

Windows Live Group Photos

Windows Live Group SkyDrive with 5GB of allocated storage

Simple Access Management (people can access the group with an invite or by request)

For more information check out:

http://windowslive.com/Online/Groups

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Log onto Live@edu

Open your browser and go to your school portal or enter http://home.live.com.

Enter your Windows Live ID and password and click Sign in.

Click the More drop-down arrow list.

Click Groups.

Create a group

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Create a Group

Click Create a Group.

Enter a name into the Group name: field and click Check availability.

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Create a Group (continued)

If the name you have chosen is already taken you will need to choose another name. Windows Live Groups will make suggestions to help you.

When the Web address is confirmed as available, choose the relevant Membership, the Theme, and whether you want to allow Group conversations using Windows Live Messenger.

Note: once you turn off group conversation, you can’t turn it back on for the group.

Click Create.

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Introducing your Group

Group links

Shortcuts to other Live@edu services

What’s new with the group

Members

Calendar of events

Invite people to join a group

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Invite people to join a group

Click Invite people

Click To and check the box next to individual contacts to invite them to join the group.

If you want to invite a group of contacts click the Categories tab.

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Invite people to join a group (continued)

You can enter your own invitation message in the Include your own message field.

Click Send.

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Invite people to join a group (continued)

The invitations will be sent and you will return to the group home page.

People who have been invited to become a member of the group will receive an invite and can accept by clicking the Join button.

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Invite people to join a group (continued)

You will be able to see when a contact joins the group from the What’s new area of the group home page.

The members will also appear in the membership area of the home page.

Send an instant message

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Send an instant message

Open Messenger. The group you have just created will appear in your buddy list.

You can send an instant message to all members of the group.

Refer to the Windows Live Messenger Module for the steps.

Start a discussion

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Start a discussion

Click on Discussions.

Click Start new discussion.

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Start a discussion (continued)

Give your discussion a Title and enter your discussion in the text field below.

Click Publish.

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Start a discussion (continued)

Your discussion will show on the group discussions page, together with the name of the group member that started that discussion.

To get back to the group home page click the name of the group.

Share photos

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Share photos

Click Photos.

Click Add photos.

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Share photos (continued)

Click New album

Enter a name for the album in the Name field.

Click a permissions radio button depending on whether you only want members to be able to view photos, or if you want members to be able to add, edit details, and delete photos.

Click Next.

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Share photos (continued)

Drag and drop your photo files into the Drop photos here field.

You can also browse to find and select photos.

Click Upload.

You will see a confirmation that the photo has been uploaded and the album has been created.

Create a folder

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Create a folder

To return to the group home page click the name of your group.

Click SkyDrive.

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Create a folder (continued)

Click Add files.

Click New folder.

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Create a folder (continued)

Enter a name for the folder in the Name: field.

Click the Members can view files radio button or click the Members can add, edit details, and delete files

Click Next.

The folder has now been created and is ready for members of the group to upload files to.

As you do not want to upload files at this point, click Cancel to get back to the group home page.

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Windows Live Groups Practice and Discussion

Now complete these activities on your own:

Create a Group

Invite People to Join a Group

Start a Discussion

Share Photos

Create a Folder

At the completion of the practice session you will have the chance to discuss any questions you have with the instructor

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