Group Settings

Where each group setting lives in the Admin and in the member apps, and which settings Group Admins can change themselves.

Account administrators manage groups in the Admin. Many settings can also be changed by a group's Group Admins from the member web or mobile app.

In the Admin

Go to Groups and select a group. The group's sidebar includes:

Page	What you can manage
Overview	A summary of the group: member, role, and post counts, which settings and messaging options are on, and the group's email address and sending numbers.
Settings	Name and description, Private Group or Joinable Group, Allow children to join, Indicates visitors?, Reference Directory, Show in the Directory, Enable attendance taking, Group Events permissions, Enable video calls, Enable ETAs, and Lock Group.
Members	Add Users and Copy Users.
Group Roles	Group Admins, Group Post Admins, Authorized Senders, and event permissions. See Group Roles.
Messaging	Turn email, SMS, MMS, and voice on or off for the group, and set the email reply address and voice options.
Message History	Every email, SMS, MMS, and voice message sent to the group, with delivery details for each person.
Send SMS, Send MMS, Send Voice	Send or schedule a message. Each page appears once that option is enabled under Messaging, and sending requires the Authorized Sender role. See Texting (SMS), Texting (MMS), and Voice Calls.
Scheduled	Review or cancel messages scheduled for later. Appears when the group has a scheduled message.
Group Posts	Communication format (Off, Group Posts, or Group Forum), member posting options, post review, and scheduled posts. See Group Posts and Forums.
Task Boards	Enable Task Boards. See Task Boards.

Video call, ETA, and Group Events settings only appear when those features are enabled for your account.

Key settings

• Private Group — only members added by an admin can see the group.

• Joinable Group — all members see the group as available to join, and can join or leave it on their own.

• Allow children to join — when off, children don't see the joinable group and can't join it themselves. Admins can still add them.

• Indicates visitors? — marks the group as containing visitors.

• Reference Directory — shows the group's people to members as a reference directory.

• Show in the Directory — lists the group on its members, on their families, or both, when members browse the directory. See Groups in the Directory.

• Enable attendance taking — offers the group as a roster when recording attendance. See User Attendance Tracking.

• Group Events — Allow members to add events and Allow members to edit any occurrence apply to every member of the group. See Group Roles and Event Permissions.

• Enable video calls and Enable ETAs — see Group Video Calls and Group ETAs.

• Lock Group — see Group Lock.

Copying Members

On the group's Members page, click Copy Users to add everyone from a role or another group:

1. Choose the Source Type (Role or Group) and select the source.

2. Click Copy Users and confirm with Yes, Add Users.

People already in the group are skipped, and no one is removed. Copying is not available while a group is locked.

In the Member Apps

Members open a group and select Settings. What they see depends on their access:

Section	Who	Settings
Notifications & messages	Every member	Mobile notifications for new posts, comments, and ETA updates; whether to receive group emails, SMS, and voice messages; Leave Group.
Group Post Admin Settings	Group Post Admins and Group Admins	Member posting, post review, scheduled posts, comments or replies, and the membership list.
Admin Settings	Group Admins	Name and description, Joinable, Allow children to join, communication format, task boards, ETAs, video calls, and Group Events permissions.

Visitor, reference directory, directory display, attendance, messaging, Authorized Sender, lock, and delete settings are only available in the Admin.

Authorized Senders also see Messaging when they open the group, where they can send or schedule SMS, MMS, and voice messages. See Group Roles and Event Permissions.

Members Creating Groups

Members with the Create Groups member permission (see Roles) can select Create Group in the web app. They choose the group's name, access, communication format, and member options. The person who creates the group becomes its Group Admin and Group Post Admin.