Slack is a communication and management platform that can be used as a learning management system, allowing teachers to communicate with students, assign and view work, and integrate other tools like Zoom and Google Docs through different channels that organize class topics; it is free to use for an unlimited number of people and offers various pricing plans for additional features; the document provides instructions on setting up a Slack workspace for a class, establishing channels, inviting students, integrating apps, and using Slack's features for teaching.

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2. What isit?
Slack is a communication &
management platform for teams
(classes)
Imagine your classroom instruction &
communication in one place,
seamlessly organized, available
wherever you go.

3. Slack is like a classroom command center
Communicate with all students or just one. Launch your video call and teach. Assign & view student work.

4. Gettingstarted
HOW IT WORKS? IMPLEMENTATION
Registration
Channels
Notifications
Files
Search
Personalizatio
n
Invite Students
Establish Channels
Integrate tools/apps
Define roles
Get to know
Slackbot
Pricing

5. How itworks?

6. Registration https://slack.com/get-started#/
o Create Your Workspace (Class space) -
https://classname.slack.com
O Follow the steps. Click your confirmation email, etc …
O You can create as many Classes (workspaces) with your email
as you
need
O Personalize your workspace with your own colors (students can
do this

7. Channels – Your Class Directory
O Slack communication is organized into
channels which anyone in your Slack can join.
O Each channel is a part of our curriculum. A
topic. Welcome. Events. Week 1. Week 2.
Final Exam.
O Other options also exists such as Direct
Messages & Private Groups (project work).
oIt allows the building of a database and
archive of organizational knowledge with
zero effort.

8. Notification
oEtiquette @slackname or @channel for specific
messages
oHighlight words like a name, project, customer, team,
etc.
oPush notification on mobile and email
oPersonalise notifications settings for every channel

9. How itworks -Uploading files
oUpload easily photos, documents, PDFs,
etc.
oTip: give your file a good title (will be
easier to find later)
oCreate posts for sharing notes and
long piece of writing

10. How it works- Search
oMessages and files are
searchable
O Name files with a clearly
identifiable name
O Slack is a powerful archive of
all student knowledge and
activity. See analytics and get
reports (see Tools or use the

11. Personalization / Settings
O Each student in your class can
personalize their colors and
user experience. Go to
Preferences
O Also set your Slack general
settings.
Go to Settings & Administration
–
Workplace Settings.

12. Implementation

13. Invite Students
• Send students the unique “invite” link.
• Enter individual student emails and
send
• Students register and then have
access to the channels you’ve set for
them
• By default all students will have access
to all channels in your Slack
• Personalize the default greeting to
students in your settings.
2 Ways
To Invite
Students
Invite and get them using your Welcome or Fun
channel

14. Establish Channels
Establis
h
channel
s
Group
channel
s
Topical
channel
s
Project
channel
s
Location
- based
channel
s
Section
channels
Organize your class instruction into
channels.
Think of channels as “topics”.
Add a fun channel where
Students can just fool around and
Socialize, just like in a F2F class.
Announcements / Events are also an
important channel.
You must add apps to a channel so you
use them. Example. Add zoom to your
events channel. Then you can just type
/zoom to get a link for all in the channel
To click to go to the Zoom video room.
In channels you can have threaded
Discussions. Students can also submit
classwork.
The possibilities with channels are
endless. Make sure to set each
channel’s settings separately.

15. Defineroles
Owner
• Control the
highest-
level
security
and
administrat
i ve
settings.
Teacher
• Able to
manage
member
s,
moderat
e
channels
, invite
users,…
Student
• Access to
standard
features
like joining
public
channel
and
uploading
files
Invited
Guest
• Access
only to a
limited
set of
channels
and
private
groups
defined by
the Admin

16. Integrate externalapps
Zoom
Google Docs
Eventbot Calendar
Google Calendar
Drop Box
Voicemessages
Polly (quiz/survey)
Giphy (fun gifs)
Trello – project management
Jibble - attendance
https://slack.com/apps
The free version of #slack
allows you to install up to
10
apps

17. Slackbot
Get to know
slackbot
• Built-in robot
• Assistant
• Notepad
• Automatic responses

18. Pricing -Freemium
“Slack is free to use for as long as you want, and with an unlimited number of
people”.
For more Information, see
https://slack.com/pricing
FRE
E
• $
0
STANDA
RD
• $6.67
per user
per
month
PLU
S
• $12.5
per
user per
month
ENTERPR
ISE
• $32 per
user per
month

19. For moreinformation
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