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Slack features and helpful tips for FORM

Slack is our preferred communication channel when running the FORM Cohort experience.

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Slack Basics: Getting Started

A Slack workspace is a single place for your team and your work. If you’ve recently joined one, this guide will help you get set up in Slack so you can get started. Before you dive in, make sure you’ve

downloaded the desktop app⁠

and you’re able to

sign in to your workspace⁠

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1. Fill out your profile

Your

profile⁠

will help the others you work with in Slack know who you are.

From your desktop, click the default profile picture in the top right.

Click Profile from the menu, then click Edit profile.

Let people know what you do and

add a profile photo⁠

Click Save Changes

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2. Configure your notifications

Your

notifications in Slack⁠

will alert you of activity in your workspace. You can decide what messages will trigger notifications for you and set other details from your preferences.

From your desktop, click your profile picture in the top right.

Select Preferences from the menu to open your notification preferences.

Choose the activity you’d like to get notified about, then configure any additional notification preferences you’d like.

Visit

Configure your Slack notifications⁠

to learn about all of the available notification preferences in Slack.

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Notifications preference options for messages in Slack

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3. Learn how to send messages

In Slack, you can send messages to other people you work with. If you need to communicate with a group of people, send a message in a

channel⁠

. To have a one-to-one conversation with someone, send them a

direct message⁠

To start a new message, click the compose button in the top left.

Visit

Find and start conversations in Slack⁠

to learn more about sending messages.

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Compose screen where you can send a new message to a Slack channel

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Want to print your doc?
This is not the way.

Try clicking the ⋯ next to your doc name or using a keyboard shortcut (

CtrlP

) instead.