User's Manual Part 1
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use that group join code to join.
4.4.4 Requesting to join a group
Agroup’s“TYPE”, under the groups “SETTINGS”(seeSection
4.4.2), controls how a group may be joined.
For a PUBLIC group, clicking the “JOIN”buttonwilladdyou
immediately to the group.
For a MODERATED group, a group join code is generated by
the Polar Cloud, visible to the group owner on the group’s
“SUMMARY”screen. Thegroupownermay choose to pass this
code along to Polar Cloud members whom the group owner
wishes to allow to join the group: for instance, for a class group,
ateachermightpassoutthegroupjoincodetoallthestudents
in the class.
When a Polar Cloud member clicks the “JOIN”buttonfora
“MODERATED”group,thememberhastheopportunitytoenter
the group join code. Enterin g the group join code will add the
member to the group. If a Polar Cloud member does not know
the group join code (or does not enter it correctly), then the
Polar Cloud member’s join request will result in a request no-
tification to the group owner for the group owner to accept or
decline.
4.4.5 Sharing objects within a group
The group manager or any member s of the group may share
within a group any objects to which they have access: such ac-