PAWS Groups is an electronic environment that allows you to interact with other members of the PAWS community—whether for academic, administrative or general-interest purposes. You must have an NSID username and password to access PAWS Groups.

To access PAWS Groups, log in to PAWS and click on the groups icon at the top right of PAWS (next to the Email, Address and other icons) under the PAWS banner. PAWS Groups will open in a separate window.

In This Section

• Groups FAQs
• Groups Training
• Groups Training Manual

Features

My Groups, Index and Request Tabs

Tabs in the PAWS Groups application allow you to

• view and access the groups to which you already belong;
• view an index listing all groups in PAWS (except for hidden groups);
• search for groups to join; and
• request the creation of a new group.

Group Tools

PAWS groups can be restricted or open to everyone in PAWS, and allow you to share files; communicate with members by announcements, email, message boards or through online chat; organize links; maintain a group calendar, and more.

Support

For help with PAWS Groups, click on the help icon in the top right corner of PAWS Groups. A separate window will open containing a help menu specific to PAWS Groups. You can also read groups-specific FAQs.

For technical assistance with PAWS Groups, contact the ICT Help Desk.