About your Welcome Team

If you are commencing any new program in the upcoming trimester, you are in the right place! Technically there are four ‘Welcome to Griffith’ Teams and you are usually invited to join a team depending on which one of Griffith’s four academic groups your degree program belongs to.

The student mentors are all available in all four teams, and most of their messages are the same in all four teams.

In Orientation Week, each Team is used for some specific O-Week activities. So, if you are a double-degree student, you may find some of your O-Week events and activities in one of the other teams.

You can easily join any of the Teams using the codes provided at Join your Team or feel free to ask a Mentor for help.

If you would like to ask a student mentor a question, you can use the tag @Mentor in your post, and our team of student mentors will get a notification and be able to respond to your post.

Please remember that mentors are students themselves, juggling study, life and work, so they may not be able to respond immediately to your post. They will try to get back to any queries within 24 hours where possible.

If you have an urgent question about your enrolment or classes etc, contact Student Connect or the key contact for your area of study.

Yes. The Teams mobile apps are easy to use and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store or iOS Apple Store.

See Microsoft support to set up your Teams mobile app.

You can manage how you are notified about activity in the Team. Click the circle in the top-right corner with your initials or photo and choose Settings > Notifications.

You can choose to get an email notification and/or a notification on your screen.

To manage notifications for a specific channel, click on the three dots next to the channel.

See Microsoft support for more information on managing your notification settings.

Yes. Click the three dots to the right of the title of the Team and choose Leave the team.

If this option does not appear, contact a Mentor and ask them to remove you from the Team.

Adding a profile picture is completely up to you. If you are building your professional online identity, you might like to use the same photo you use on LinkedIn, for example.

To add your photo, click the circle in the top right corner, showing your initials. You will see a link at the top to add or change your picture.

Your Welcome Team will close in approximately Week 6 of your commencing trimester.

The Mentors will keep you posted as that time approaches and provide suggestions about other ways for you to stay connected with your peers and with the wider Griffith community.

Mentors are available during the trimester to provide assistance with academic writing, research or referencing.

See Griffith Mentors study Support for details on how to connect.

There are also many mentoring programs available that cater to specific programs and groups. ​​​​​​​

Teams is a great collaboration tool.

To find more information about using Teams, a great place to start is with Griffith's tips and tricks.