Manually Managed Groups
Carleton uses Google Groups to create and manage email lists.
To create a group:
- Go to groups.google.com and log in with your Carleton email address
- Follow Google's instructions on creating a new Google Group
- Add people to your group
NOTE: By default, Groups at Carleton have an email address in the form [Group Name].group@carleton.edu. For example: carlslist.group@carleton.edu. If you need to remove the .group from the email address, please submit a
Group request ticket.
To join an existing group:
- Go to groups.google.com and log in with your Carleton email address
- Search for groups at the top of the page, or click on All Groups on the left to browse the publicly viewable Groups at Carleton
- Follow Google's instructions on joining a Group
To Unsubscribe from a group:
- Go to groups.google.com and log in with your Carleton email address
- Search for groups at the top of the page, or click on All Groups on the left to browse the publicly viewable Groups at Carleton
- Follow Google's instructions for unsubscribing from a Group
Automated Groups
There are several automated groups at Carleton that add people automatically to the group based on automated criteria. If you leave these groups, you will be re-added each night when the automation scripts adjust group membership.
Class email lists
While Moodle has very good built-in messaging functions for your course, sometimes an email list is also useful. Faculty may request an email list for courses they are teaching. To request a course email list:
- Log into The Hub
- Faculty will see a section called Faculty Information
- Within the Faculty Information section, select Faculty Course Resources
- Under Choose Course Section select the course section for which you need an email list
- Check the box next to Google Group
- Click the Update button
Other automated groups
If you wish to request an automated group, please submit a Group Request Ticket.
For some groups, there will be two linked groups to manage membership: a group created based on some data-driven criteria (i.e. "first year students" or "Declared History majors") plus a group with the name [Group Name]-extras@carleton.edu. Ultimate group membership is then made up of a combination of the data-driven component and the -extras group membership, which then allows group owners to add members to the data-driven list as needed.