On Google Plus, all users have the ability to manage their circles (list of contacts) to control the groups of people and brands they receive information and content from. Google Circles are a one-way road, this means that whenever you circle a contact you´ll be receiving their update, but there's no guarantee those brands or users will circle you to receive your updates. Two different users must circle each other in order to enjoy a two-way communication channel.
This is where Google+ Communities come in, Google's version of a group or forum, built to bring people together around particular topics. User included into the same community will share a two-way communication channel. All members of the community will read, comment and like each other's posts.
Launched in December 2016 (latest platform update), the types of Communities available to the Google+ audience seem endless — ranging from science, animals, development and more. Communities are places where users can share specific questions, comments or content relating to a particular topic with other users who are just as interested in the conversation. For example, if you're a member of a cooking community, it's likely each post will contain something related to food. And if there is a user who is posting content unrelated to the chosen topic, a moderator could step in and police that person.
All of the above features and topics make the G+ community an attractive tool for teachers. The teacher should be in charge of creating the community and setting up all access permission settings. Speaking of which, some of them can be set only at community creation time. Once the community is created, the teacher should invite students to join, depending on the security settings placed by the teacher, students will be able to join directly or ask the administrator to join.
How to create a new community: you may watch the entire following video or skip to 2:27.
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