Join a community that is devoted to a subject that you
are interested in and start participating.
Before you begin
To find a community that you want to
join, you can browse all the public communities in the organization
in the Public Communities view, or search for
a community that is devoted to a particular subject. You can also
use suggestions from the Recommendations widget to find communities
that might interest you.
You must be logged
in to join a community or to request to join a community.
Note: You can join public communities by clicking a link, but you must request to
join public communities that are moderated. Restricted communities are private and they do not
display in the Public Communities view. The only way to join this type of
community is when a community owner adds you as a member or invites you to join.
Tip: If you are a member of a restricted community and you want to
include a colleague in that community, ask a community owner to invite your colleague to join. To
identify community owners, click Members in the navigation and then select
Owners in the Filter by field.
Procedure
To join a community, complete the following steps.
- Select and select
the community that you want to join.
- Depending on the level of access that the community has, do one of the following actions:
- If the community has open access, click Join this Community.
Note: If the community you want to join is a public subcommunity, and you are not
already a member of the parent community, you are automatically join the parent community when you
click Join this Community.
If you receive a message that the
community has already reached the maximum number of members, contact a community owner to see
whether any inactive members can be removed. Click Members in the navigation
and then select Owners in the Filter by
field.
- If the community allows moderated access, select Request to Join this
Community. Type your reason for wanting to join the community and click
Send. Your request is sent to the community owner, who can then decide
whether or not to add you to the community. If they add you as a member, you receive an email
notification to that effect.
Results
When you join a public community, the
community is immediately added to the list of your communities in
the I’m a Member view. When you request to
join a moderated community, the community does not display in the I’m
a Member view until your membership is approved by the
community owner.