Group Areas

Group Areas are commonly used by teams, groups of friends, or other small groups.  In addition to some basic collaboration and scheduling capabilities, group areas can use a simple web publishing lifecycle to allow organizers to manage how, and when, information is shared with the larger group. 

Group areas have a shared calendar to track and share events.  The area home page provides an easy way for all members in the group to see the important group announcements and the upcoming events.  Group members can use iCal to synchronize the group calendar with their personal calendar software. 

Discussions can be used by all group members to collaborate and plan group events and activities.  Group members can add discussion topics, comment on existing topics and can also use RSS to get notified when new topics are added.