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Now that we’ve finished the formatting – we can build the agenda.

First, click “edit welcome message” to open the home page.

When the home page opens it looks like this:

Start by typing you agenda.

Hint: I usually type into word and paste into the Google Group.

Next, format the Agenda.

You can change the title, “Agenda” to a Heading by highlighting the word; clicking the drop down arrow next to “Heading”; then selecting “Heading”

Then you can center the word “Agenda” by highlighting it and clicking center on the toolbar.

Next, you can link files to your presentation by highlighting the agenda item, then clicking “Link”

You can then upload a file from your PC or network to Google Groups.  Here, we will upload the Meeting Minutes.

Hint – copy the text to display by highlighting and hitting “CTRL+C”. When the file uploads, the file name will display as text, rather than the name previously shown on your agenda item. You will want to type “CTRL+V” to paste the text into the “Text to display box” before you save the link.

Hint – make sure the file name only includes letters and numbers (no spaces or special characters) Google has trouble with complex file names.

When you’ve selected the file click “OK”

Now your agenda has a hyperlink to the file that will be reviewed in the meeting.

Repeat this step for all of the agenda items, then click “Save”

Your group now looks like this:

When a member clicks on a hyperlink, they will be asked whether they want to open or save the file.

If they open the file it will look like this:

Tomorrow I will show you how to change access settings and invite members.