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Create a Google+ Community for Your Class or Team

This guide explains how to create a Google+ community. This guide explains the privacy options and how to create your community. This could be a great option to create a shared space for collaboration and sharing in your class or your working team.

Before getting started, make sure that you have a UConn Google Apps account, that you upgraded your account to public services, and you have created and logged into your UConn Google+ account.

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Preparing for Video Hangouts

Google Hangouts is a video and chat communication tool made available to Google and Google Apps users.  This allows users to connect with groups and individual people.  There are two versions of Google Hangouts:

  • Google Hangouts for Gmail – Hangouts for Gmail is available with your Core Services account.  This is accessible from mail.google.com.  This version allows for one-on-one video and chat communications.

  • Google Hangouts for Google+ – Hangouts for Google+ is available with your Public Services opt-in and the creation of your Google+ account.  This is accessible from the Hangouts Apps, Google+, or Gmail once you have upgraded to Google+.

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