Once you setup your newsgroups you can either assign volunteers to those groups, if you know who they are, or you can let volunteers sign-up for a newsgroup from within their EZVolunteer account.
To assign a volunteer to a newsgroup follow these steps -
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Go to your Volunteer List page
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Check the box for any volunteer you want to assign to a newsgroup
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Use the Action dropdown menu and choose ADD TO GROUP, and press GO
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This will display a list of available Newsgroups from which you need to select your newsgroup
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Press ASSIGN
To let volunteers know how to subscribe follow these steps -
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Create a notice in the Notices Module (See Working With Notices)
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Include in the content of your notice instructions to volunteers to
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Sign-in to their volunteer account with username & password
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Under the USER PROFILE tab choose SUBSCRIPTION
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Click the School District’s Name to view subscriptions
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Choose the Newsgroups for your school they want to subscribe
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SAVE their updates
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From your volunteer list page, use the SELECT ALL link to choose all volunteers
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From the Action dropdown choose SEND NOTICE and choose GO, then select the notice you created in the Notices Module and press SEND.