Slack is an instant messaging app that is developed to aid collaboration among team members.
It provides a means of organising messages so that everyone can access any information at any time.
With Slack, users are able to respond multiple times to messages.
Slack became officially launched in August, 2013.
Slack is actually an acronym for Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge.
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Using Slack for Your Work Team
What makes Slack unique is that all content is searchable.
The content can be files, messages, or people.
Slack has chat rooms or groups called channels.
Default channels in Slack are public.
Also, only members of a workspace can create public channels.
The public channel admin still retains control of the channel.
The admin can set rules for the channel, add people and also kick out members.
Private channels do not allow free entry and exit.
Only the admin can add members.
Remember that all slack channels are public by default, except it is changed to private.
However, once changed to private, it cannot become public again.
Slack is available on different platforms.
If you have forgotten the URL of the workspace to which you belong, click onFind Your Workspacebelow theContinuebutton.
Step Three
The workspace whose URL you have provided will be loaded.
In the workspace, you could see the channels that you belong to in that particular workspace.
To add a channel, press the + icon on the left of the channels tab.
In the pop-out, click onCreate Channel.
The new channel page will load.
Step Four
key in in the name of the channel.
The name of the channel is recommended to be the topic that the channel is based on.
Names must be lowercase, without spaces or periods, and shorter than 80 characters.
jot down in the purpose of the channel, which is the description visitors will see.
Below the description there is a toggle switchMake Private.press the switch to make the channel private.
The toggle switch will turn green.
Next, clickCreateto finish creating the channel.
You have successfully created a private channel.
Tap again on theplus iconagain, this time in the bottom right corner.
Tap on the toggle switch to make the channel private.
throw in in the name of the channel.
The name should be the name of the topic for the channel.
Names must be lowercase, without spaces or periods, and shorter than 80 characters.
Next pop in in the description for the channel.
Step Five
TapCreateto create the private channel.
You have successfully learnt how to create private channels on desktop and on Android.
