Creating a group

Creating a group

Coaches can create groups from the Users they are assigned to. Members of a created group can publish discussions that everyone can see instead of the default one-to-one discussions between a User and Coach. As coaches can create and manage more than one group, we recommend that they create groups with users in them that reflect the same groups in their program sessions.

How to create a group

Log into Ake either by the app or by going to akeapp.com in your web browser and using the credentials provided by your program provider. Once logged in and viewing the home page, click on the menu icon (3 horizontal lines) top-right of the page to open the side menu (see below).

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From the side menu, press Groups. This will open the Groups page.

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Any groups you create will be listed on this page, detailing the Coach and Users within the group. On existing groups, you can Edit the group and Create a Discussion for that group using the buttons on the right.

To create a new group, press the Add Group button.

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From the Create Group page, you can select the Coach of the group you are creating, the group's Title, the Users you would like to be in the group, an Image to represent the group and a Notes field. More information about these fields below.

  • Coach - you can only choose accounts from your organisation with the Coach role. We recommend Coaches create groups for themselves, though the option exists to create a group for another Coach if needed.
  • Title - this will be displayed for the Coach and Users of the group under the Groups page. Give the group a name that makes sense for both the Coach and Users. For example, “Friday Evening Group” if the group sessions are always on a Friday evening.
  • Users - You can assign Users to the group by clicking or tapping on the names in the list. The names will be highlighted with a grey box to indicate their selection. To unselect a name, click or tap on them again and the box will disappear.
  • Image - Choose an image from the images box to represent the group in discussions.
  • Notes - This is a space for Coaches to be able to use for any notes. The notes can only be viewed and accessed by Coaches when editing the Group.

After filling in the fields, press the Save button at the bottom to create the group. The field with the * must be filled in for the group to save. The group will now be listed on the Groups page and selectable when creating a Discussion or Notification.