Many users inquire about the differences between Google Groups and Listservs. Although Listserv was scheduled to be retired, this has been delayed indefinitely due to some of the unique benefits it provides.
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How-Tos
Google Groups is a tool for a team of users to quickly collaborate with one another.
Google Groups, a tool for a team of users to quickly collaborate with one another either via email, or any of Google's various applications, is available with Google Apps for the University of Minnesota.
Find and Join a Group
Please note that this method should not be used to create a Google Group for the University.
Google recently announced updates to Google Groups management settings that take effect in early June 2019.
Description
If your Google Group is not part of the BAA suborg, you may change the visibility settings of your group to allow different types of users to see (or not see) the group's topic postings.
Resources
Learn how to work on a file at the same time as other people in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, and you can chat with each other in the file to make decisions together about what to include.
Learn how to create or join a Google Group, read and create posts, create a forum, and organize events.
Google Support document on the use of Google Groups to make sharing from Google Drive more easily monitored and controlled.