Slack - Beginner

Learn how to join a Slack workspace with sign in, sign up, or invitation links, using Google, Apple, or email authentication codes, and access via desktop app or browser.

Navigate Slack with the left-hand navigation to access channels, direct messages, activity, reminders, canvases, and more, while exploring admin options, apps, keyboard shortcuts, and what's new.

Learn how to edit your Slack profile to update your picture, display name, time zone, status, and contact information, and see how coworkers and external contacts view your profile.

Set and update your presence status in Slack, using active and away options, with calendar-linked updates and emoji hints on your profile to indicate meetings, sick leave, or remote work.

Explore how Slack channels organize work by team, project, or topic through public, private, and shared channels, with threaded conversations, invitations, and paid plan collaborations.

Create and customize Slack channels by using home navigation or the plus sign, choose public or private access, name channels with hyphens or underscores, and add members and descriptions.

Learn how to edit a Slack channel by adding descriptions and topics, managing members and tabs, and configuring integrations and huddles for optimal team workflow.

Learn to send channel messages, start and view threads, and collaborate with teammates in Slack. Explore channel formatting, mentions, canvas attachments, reactions, and message scheduling to manage conversations.

Master direct messaging in Slack by creating one-on-one and group DMs, accessing conversations from home or the DMs section, and using formatting, media, and invites.

Learn how to respond to messages in Slack, using direct messages and threads, add reactions, tag teammates, share links, and use save-for-later with reminders.

Learn to edit a sent message in Slack using more actions, choose edit message, update content, save, and see the edited indicator in channels and DMs.

Start and join Slack huddles in channels or direct messages with real-time video, notes threads, emoji reactions, and screen sharing. Learn how to invite others and manage live huddles.

Explore Slack huddle basics: start, customize with themes and backgrounds, manage audio and video, share screen, invite teammates, use captions, reactions, and threads for real-time collaboration.

Learn how to share files in slack by uploading or dragging and dropping documents, adding messages, and sending them to the team, while viewing and downloading spreadsheets in files section.

Learn how to create and share snippets in Slack, including text and code snippets, with auto-detected types, in channels or DMs, so recipients can read or copy-paste without downloading.

Learn to create, customize, and share fully formatted canvases in Slack, using templates or new canvases, with placeholders, checklists, and media like images, files, and links.

Collaborate in real time on a canvas within Slack, see teammates edit live, add and resolve comments, and tag people to trigger notifications and streamline co-authoring.

Explore how Slack lists function like kanban boards to track projects with templates, create lists from scratch or via csv, and insert them into canvases for collaboration.

Learn to search in Slack using the top search bar, filter by messages, channels, canvases, files, and people, and refine results to quickly pull up the exact item you need.

Customize your Slack experience by adjusting notifications, keywords, huddles, and reminders. Tweak appearance, navigation, language, accessibility, and connected accounts for a personalized, productive workspace.

Connect Slack to external apps like Google Calendar, Google Drive, OneDrive, Trello, and Zoom to receive notifications, view your day, and create events from a single workspace.

Discover Slack on mobile for iOS, navigate channels and DMs, send quick messages, react, set status, view huddles and calendars, and manage notifications, with limited automation compared to desktop.

Discover how Slack AI enhances search to find weekly sync details, cite threads, and generate related questions from keywords like sales, including quarterly revenue breakdowns.

Discover how AI in Slack summarizes specific threads to reveal the gist of conversations, then apply channel and date-range summaries to catch up.

Use Slack AI to take notes in a huddle, generating a notes canvas with a summary and action items, and saving time-stamped transcripts in the chat for easy sharing.

Slack ai recap keeps you up to date on key channels by delivering a concise gist of conversations. Configure recaps by selecting channels and muting others, then manage channel additions.

Discover what Slack is, master channels and direct messages, and learn to collaborate with colleagues using canvases and lists, plus essential tips on how to use Slack.