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For detailed information about each area of the Resource Center, see the following:

• Personal Resources
• Public Resources
• Resource Apps

Group Resources

Group Resources holds shared resources from all groups to which you belong, as well as your School Resources. If you’re not yet a member of any groups, or if you haven’t yet selected your school, the list of resources will appear empty.

This article contains the following information about Group Resources: 

• Create a Group
• View Group Profile 
• Group Resources Privacy Settings
• Organization Resources Privacy Settings
  • School Resources Privacy Options

Depending on the privacy settings within the group, you may have some or all of the options available for managing Group Resources. From the gear to the right of a resource, you can perform the following actions:

• Edit: Edit the name, folder color, and description of the item.
• Add to course: If the resource-type is one that can be imported to a course, this option enables you to add the item to any course you administer.
• Copy to: This option enables you to create a copy of the resource into another collection within resources.
• Move to: This option allows you to organize the item within the folders of the current collection.
• Delete: Delete the collection.

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Create a Group

You can create a group by clicking on the Add Group icon in the left column of Group Resources.

View Group Profile

You can also navigate directly to the group by clicking the View Group Profile link in the upper right of Group Resources.

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Group Resources Privacy Settings

Adjust privacy settings to determine what level of users can view resources or materials within Resources.

Group Resources can be set to allow visibility for:

1. Everyone: Public to everyone on the Internet.
2. Schoology Users: Anyone with a Schoology account can view.
3. Organization: Anyone in your organization can view.
4. School: Anyone at your school can view.
5. Group: Anyone within the group can view.
6. No One: No one except the Group Administrator and System Administrator can view.

To set group privacy settings, enter the group and follow these steps:

1. Click Group Options under the group profile picture.
2. Select Edit Privacy/Group Settings.

Select the level of user who can view Resources in your group.

Adjust the ability to Create Resources within a group in Other Settings of Group Privacy Settings. This setting will determine whether All Members can create resources or only Group Administrators can create resources.

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Organization Resources Privacy Settings

Organization/District Resources can be set to allow visibility for:

1. Everyone: Public to everyone on the Internet.
2. Schoology Users: Anyone with a Schoology account can view.
3. Organization: Anyone in your organization can view.
4. No One: No one except the Group Administrator and System Administrator can view.

To set the privacy settings for resources in your organization, navigate to the school profile.

From Resources in the header in Schoology:

1. Click Group (on the left).
2. Select the school under School Resources.
3. Click View School Profile on the upper right.
4. Click School Options under the school profile picture.
5. Select Edit Privacy.

Select the level of users who can view Materials in your organization.

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School Resources Privacy Options

The privacy options for resources within individual school buildings cannot be adjusted and it is not possible to restrict school resource access to students.

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