Subscribing to Discussion Groups
This lesson teaches you how to subscribe to a discussion group on the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College website.
Go to the Alumnae Association Website (alumnae.mtholyoke.edu)
Select MHCONNECT from the top right corner of the Alumnae Association website.
Go to the Discussion Groups Page
Select Discussion Groups.
Login to MHConnect
If you are not already logged in you will be prompted for your username and password. After you select SUBMIT you will be taken to the Discussion Groups page.
Discussion Groups - Browse Groups by Category
The Browse Groups by Category screen is organized so that you can easily look for discussion groups of interest. Select any of the categories to view the list of groups in that topic. This is the easiest way to look for a group. View my groups will show a list of the groups you are subscribed to, and View all groups will show a list of all the groups that exist.
Group Listings
In each category groups are shown alphabetically by name with a picture and a brief description of group content (1). The Subscribers/Postings column to the right shows how many people subscribe to the group and how many posts have been made (2). In the example above, the Alumnae Club Officers group has 31 subscribers and 1 messages posted. For more information about a group, select View group home page (3).
Group Home Page
The group home page features information about the group and allows subscribers to access features such as message posting. You must complete a subscription form on the page in order to to join the group. The options for subscribing are described below.
Full Name
The full name is any name you would like displayed every time you post a message on the board. It can be a username, your real name, or a nickname.
Delivery Mode Options
For Delivery Mode you must select how you would like to receive information from the group. Web access only means that you have to login to the website to look at message posts. Individual email posts means that every post will be emailed to you separately. A summary digest once a day will accumulate all posts from a single day and send them to you in an email. One daily email with all postings attached will send you an email with all postings from the day as an attachment.
Posting Acknowledgement Options
Acknowledgements on posts are messages sent to your email confirming that you have made a post. Choose this option if you would like to receive email confirmations.
Subscribed Sucessfully
If your subscription does not require approval from the group's owner this message will appear at the top of the page after you select the Subscribe button.
Subscription Pending Owner Approval
If your subscription does require approval you will have to wait to receive a confirmation from the group's owner before you can access the group.
View Recent Posts
Once you are subscribed to a group you can visit the group's home page to view messages. Recent messages appear on the home page under Recent Group Posts.
View All Message Posts
Select Message Posts in Group Features to view all messages in the group.
Read Messages
Here you can read messages and reply to them. Just select any message to open it.
Return or Reply
At the end of a message you have the option of going back to the message list, replying to all members in the group, or replying to just the person who posted the message you are currently reading. Reply to Group allows you to write a response that is visible to every subscriber in the group. Reply to Sender will only be sent to the person who wrote the message (the rest of the group won't be able to see it).
