Google (currents) community

Google Communities is a social networking platform that is part of the University's Google app suite available to all staff and students. Google Communities allows you to connect with staff and students across the University. It includes features like Google Communities where you can discuss, share and comment on posts within a community.

As part of your studies you may be asked to join a Google Currents Community for discussions.

The tutorial below shows you how to sign up and access Google+. You can also find a quick guide below to familiarise yourself with how to use Google Communities.

Quick guide to using Google Currents Communities

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Troubleshooting

If you are struggling to access a Google+ Community, it could be that you are already logged into another Gmail account on your computer. You need to ensure that you are not logged into any other email account on your PC.

The easiest way to check if you have completely logged out of your personal Gmail account is to open the Google home page in your internet browser. Click on the profile picture, in the top right hand corner and you will see which Gmail account you are logged into. Choose 'Sign out' button to log out of this account. Then try accessing your student email again via the "Google Mail" link in MUSE.

Google+ on the go...

Why not download the Google+ App to your mobile device? This way you can keep up to date with your Google+ discussions and activity on the go.

To find out more about the Google+ app visit http://www.google.com/mobile/+/