WHY GROUPING IS DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS

TEACHERS AND PARENTS HAVE SIX DISTINCT NEEDS WHILE COMMUNICATING IN THEIR GROUP

create instant groups on mobile between teachers and parents to talk on subject

parents can dynamically join or unjoin the discussion group based on subjects

The massive need to maintain privacy of phone numbers while maintaining identity

Ability to work across mobile devices including tablets

Need to be able to talk even identities exist in different social networks

Need to avoid image and video based spams and forwards

OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM TODAY ADDRESS ONLY ONE OR FEW OF THEIR NEEDS

Facebook Groups is complicated and Web Based, not too mobile friendly and definitely not instant

WhatsApp allows groups but mandates that each one’s phone numbers is known to other and an administrator whose ends up doing the laborious task of adding all other parents or teachers.

LinkedIn is designed for a completely different purpose and research shows that it is not that user friendly for instant messaging

Twitter lists are not that apple simple for many

… and the list goes on

NONE OF THEM, NONE OF THEM REALLY ADDRESSES THE REAL NEED OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS.

GROUPING IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS ALL THE SIX NEEDS OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS BY

Both Teachers and parents can create instant groups to talk on any subject, think “PTA on mobile” between teachers-parents, parents-parents

Grouping gives and parents the freedom to join or unjoin the groups based on their likes. After all, in real life, and parents do want do walkout of groups and walk back when they want to..

Does not mandate the sharing of phone numbers and hence maintains privacy of all and parents while maintaining their identity

Work across the popular mobile devices on iOS and Android including tablets

Helps and parents login using different social networks, just the way you would want to

Based on massive 1-1 research, Grouping not allow forwards and thus helps avoid spam-forwards of text, images and video.

APPLICATIONS OF GROUPING IN A SCHOOL

All teachers of a class

Parents of students within a class

Ad-hoc circles / groupings within a class

Teachers of every section / subject

Alumni groups for every class / year

Admissions and Information

Administration staff

Security and Support staff

Students of a class

Students and head-teacher of a class

Every teacher and students of a class

Every teacher and every parent for a class

HOW TO USE GROUPING MESSENGER FOR TEACHERS OR PARENTS

GROUPING IS A CROSS-PLATFORM, FREE AND FAST MOBILE MESSENGER SERVICE THAT ALLOWS AND PARENTS TO CREATE GROUPS AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS IN LESS THAN 60 SECONDS. GROUPING IS AVAILABLE ON SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS RUNNING IOS OR ANDROID.

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STEP 1: TO LOGIN CLICK THE GROUPING ICON

Click on the Grouping icon on your device. If you do not have one you can download the App for FREE from iTunes App Store or Google Play

STEP 1A: LOGIN THROUGH YOU PREFERRED SOCIAL NETWORK

Click one of the options on screen to login via Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter

STEP 2: CREATE A GROUP OR JOIN ONE

When you have just logged in for the first time there will be no groups that will show up

You can create a Group yourself (Step 3) or You can chose to join an existing Group (Step 4)

Subsequently, all the groups to which you are already a member of will be displayed here.

Add/Create Group

Search/ Join Group

Log Out

STEP 3: CREATE GROUP: ADD DESCRIPTION

Add a description to explain what the group best represents. Short, yet descriptive enough for new members will be the best way. E.g. Jackfruit lovers based in Sydney or Labrador owners in Manila

STEP 3B: CREATE GROUP: ADD NAME

Add a group name.

You may not use spaces and the total length cannot be more than 50 characters.

Tip: Start each word with upper case to help in ease of reading

STEP 3C: YOU CAN SEE YOUR GROUP APPEAR ON YOUR SCREEN ALMOST INSTANTLY

Go ahead, share that name with your friends and ask them to join the group.

STEP 3D: START YOUR CONVERSATIONS

If you have started the group, you may want to start the conversation by laying the ground rules.

STEP 4: SEARCH/ JOIN GROUP

Search/ Join Group

STEP 4A: SEARCH/ JOIN GROUP

Search for the Group Name if you already know.

If you are browsing type in the possible keyword and look at the options that are thrown up.

STEP 4B: CHECK GROUP DESCRIPTION

You can check if the group descriptions appropriately describes what you are trying to join

STEP 4C: CONFIRMATION TO JOIN GROUP

Make sure you click yes to confirm if you want to join this group.

STEP 4D: JOIN CONVERSATIONS

Or you can join the conversations that already are happening in your community/ group

STEP 5: UNJOIN GROUP

Swipe on the group from right to left and you will see the Delete basket

STEP 5D: UNJOIN GROUP CONFIRMATION

STEP 6: LOG OUT

Click on the Logout button when you want to sign out.

We recommend that you remain logged in to receive messages.

Log Out

STEP 6A: LOGOUT CONFIRMATION

A logout confirmations helps you avoid from accidentally logging out.

REFERENCES

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http://www.tumblr.com/blog/DoGrouping

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