TROJAN SLACK

DAY
 01 Why Slack?

02 Getting Started

03 Help Resources
PRESENTATION
AGENDA 04 Q&A
WHY SLACK?
Faculty, staff and students can all benefit from using slack.

EASY ACCESS FEWER EMAILS EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION

Slack’s user-friendly interface is accessible on Reduce email volume by communicating in Reach faculty, students and staff; share
any desktop or mobile device. channels & through direct messages. announcements; and convey messages with emojis.

COLLABORATION INTEGRATION INFORMATIONAL ARCHIVE

Ask questions, share documents and set alerts for Slack is integrated with other educational tools, Channels serve as informational archives that
upcoming due dates and deadlines. including Zoom and Google Drive. colleagues and students can search.

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GETTING STARTED: SETTING UP YOUR PROFILE

YOUR PROFILE:

• Having an accurate profile will help you work more

effectively with other students, staff, and faculty across
the university.

• Your profile lets people know who you are, what you do,
and how you can be contacted.

• Add a profile picture for additional personalization.

• Note: You cannot update your full name or display name.

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GETTING STARTED: MANAGING THE “NOISE”

Update notifications in Preferences

➢ Determine how you want to be notified when you receive:
Messages, Mentions, Keywords, Thread replies
➢ Pause notifications for a certain period of time
➢ Do Not Disturb
Leave channels you don’t need/use
Unfollow threads
Set yourself reminders
Star key channels
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GETTING STARTED: STATUS & NOTIFICATIONS
STATUS:
• It is helpful to let your class and peers know how quickly
you can respond to messages and when you're available.

• You can manually set yourself to active or away at any

time.

NOTIFICATIONS:
• Notifications keep you informed about things that need your
attention.

• The default desktop notifications are automatically enabled as

soon as you join a workspace.

• You can adjust your notification settings to get alerts when

you want them.

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GETTING STARTED: PROTECT YOUR TIME WITH
CUSTOM STATUSES

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GETTING STARTED: INTERFACE

WORKSPACES
Separate instances of Slack at USC. A workspace has its own
administrators and permission settings, and its own members, channels
and apps to enable a large group of people to collaborate long-term.

CHANNELS
Context-based conversations where groups of people can communicate and
interact with information related to a common topic (e.g., project, committee,
etc.). These can be public or private and can be within a workspace or shared
across multiple channels.

CHANNEL NAME
Provides first-glance insight into what conversation is contained in the
channel. This should follow a shared convention for consistency across
campus.

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GETTING STARTED: COMMUNICATION & APPS

DIRECT MESSAGES
Direct messages (DM) are 1:1 conversations with teammates or
conversations of up to 8 people on more one-off topics. These “DMs” are
visible to users across the USC grid.

CHAT BOX
Once you are in a channel or DM, you can type text into the message box
and send it to the channel or DM to communicate. You can also use the
paper clip icon to upload files or add attachments.

SEARCH
Enter search words here to search all of the information that has been
shared publicly at USC.

APPS
Add apps to your workspace to connect the tools and services you use
every day and get more work done without leaving Slack.

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GETTING STARTED: ZOOM FOR VIDEO
COLLABORATION

ZOOM APP FOR SLACK

Start a Zoom Meeting directly in a Slack channel or group message

See real-time how long the meeting has been running and who is
joining

Get and share the duration and participant summary

Dial out via Zoom Phone

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GETTING STARTED: ZOOM AUTHENTICATION FOR
USERS
STEP 1

Locate the Zoom app in Slack. Pro tip: use the CMD+K shortcut and
type Zoom.

STEP 2

Type /zoom in the message pane and hit enter. This prompt will
appear asking you to authorize zoom:

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GETTING STARTED: ZOOM AUTHENTICATION FOR
USERS
STEP 3

Sign in through SSO with your USC credentials.

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GETTING STARTED: ZOOM AUTHENTICATION FOR
USERS
STEP 4

Click to authorize your Zoom account in Slack.

Now you can use /zoom anywhere in Slack to start a zoom call.

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HELP RESOURCES

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?

• Contact ITS – [email protected] - 213-740-5555

• Check the News page for the latest information on

technological updates, training sessions, best practices
and more.

https://keepteaching.usc.edu/support/

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Q&A
THANK YOU &
FIGHT ON