Groups organize a channel’s people and content around a team or purpose. A public group is public within the channel, not automatically a public website.

Before you start

Confirm the group’s purpose, intended members and whether its content should be limited to members. Creation and management controls depend on your permission.

Steps

  1. Open Groups. To use an existing group, open it and choose Join group when offered, or request to join a private group.

  2. To create one, choose Create group. Enter the required Group name and Description, then set Private group deliberately: enabled limits content to members; others can request to join.

  3. Add the intended Members and choose Create group. For an existing group, make the required changes and choose Save changes.

  4. Open the group and use Content to inspect shared material, Members to verify the people, and About to check its purpose and visibility.

  5. If managing private-group review, open Edit group → Media approvers and select the eligible channel Admins who should approve its media. Save changes.

  6. When contributing content, confirm that this group is the intended audience. Verify the item in the group’s Content view after the relevant processing/approval steps.

Check the result

The group should show the correct description, privacy and members. Joining a group and having permission to approve its media are separate responsibilities.

If something does not work

  • A private group is visible but its content is not: request membership and wait for approval.

  • Someone cannot find an item: check its selected audience, approval state and group membership.

  • A name or description change did not persist: check validation and choose Save changes before leaving.

  • Do not change a private group to public merely to work around an approver problem.

Related: Choose group approvers · Find content

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