Getting Started Checklist

Utilize this checklist to quickly become an active member of the Yammer Community.

Your Yammer Profile helps your co-workers learn more about you, your background and your work experience, while letting them put a face to a name.

Here’s how to set it up:

At the bottom left of your screen, click on the Cog (gear)
Select Settings
Upload a picture of yourself, by clicking the Browse button in the Basics section
Add your job title, department, location, expertise, contact information and any other details, including links to your profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn
Click Save

By default, Yammer will send you a daily email activity summary. You can change this notification to weekly or never.

Here’s how to manage your email settings:

At the bottom left of your screen, click on the Cog (gear)
Select Settings
Then click Notifications from the menu on the left
Click the Stony Brook University network
In the “Activity Digest” section, choose whether you’d like an email digest Daily, Weekly or Never.
In the “Email me when…” section, specify when you would like to receive email notifications by checking or unchecking the boxes
Next, select which groups you’d like to receive email when there is new activity
Click Save

You can also join and access groups from your My Feed and by viewing your Activity Stream

You can also follow users by hovering over their picture in the news feed and clicking Follow on their hover card

You can also follow Topics as applied to conversations or by viewing your Activity Stream