Facebook has launched a new Groups for Schools feature that brings the world’s largest online social networking service back to its roots. The primary focus of the service appears to be a social network “subgroup” tied to each school, where students within a community can share files, create events, message other members and stay up-to-date on what’s happening around campus. In other words, this is Facebook’s version of Google Docs with added social customizability.
To join, students must provide verification that they’re affiliated with a school by giving an associated email address. Nevertheless, only enrolled faculty and students are allowed – no alumni. Moreover, if a student graduates from said school, he or she will be removed from the group. In general, however, anyone part of a Facebook Group can also create subgroups (see: for classes, clubs, dorms, sport teams, student organizations, parties, and so on) that are only visible to those with an authenticated school e-mail address.
There is only one privacy caveat that several journalists have already taken note of. After joining a campus group, other students at the school or university can be messaged at any time. Normally, Facebook users must become “friends” within the network before messages can be exchanged. However, Groups for Schools bypasses this requirement and allows anyone from campus to privately message you regardless of whether or not they know you in real life.
In terms of the functional usefulness of Groups for Schools in comparison with Google Docs, Facebook is starting the service with a rather limiting 25MB file sharing size for now. Files that can be exchanged include lecture notes, assignments, schedules and “several other file types.”
Facebook is gradually rolling out Groups for Schools to colleges and universities around the world. While many American universities have yet to be supported, the company has launched a Groups for Schools webpage that shows the availability of groups at campuses worldwide.
Source: Fudzilla
During the latest earnings call, NVIDIA CFO Colette Kress warned of a potential GPU supply…
Chinese sources say the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070…
GTA 6 doesn’t have an official release date yet, but it has already earned a…
Stay on Point with ActiveTrack 6.0 - With upgraded tracking tech, OM 6 sticks to…
Pack includes three Wiser Radiator Thermostats. These smart radiator thermostats are only designed to work…
AMD Socket AM5:Supports AMD Ryzen 7000 Series Processors Unparalleled Performance:12+2+2 Phases Digital VRM Solution Dual…