Welcome to Our Slack Community!
Welcome to Slack, friends! Some of you may already be familiar with this communications tool. If not, please check out the short guide below.
What is Slack?
Slack is a free online communications hub where members can communicate and collaborate. The NDP-NPD Slack is a fun and respectful environment where NDP supporters can feel comfortable engaging with each other.
All members of the NDP-NPD Slack community agree to follow the community guidelines found in the NDP-NPD Slack channel: #conduct-code-conduite
Joining the NDP-NPD Slack:
Using the Slack invitation link, enter your email for verification to join the NDP-NPD Slack workspace. You will be asked to verify your email address in order to finish creating your account.
When you click on the email confirmation, you will be taken to a page to join the NDP-NPD Slack. Enter your name, optional display name, and password. You can customize your user profile in a later step. Once you join, Slackbot will take you through a tour of Slack.
Click here to get access to the NDP Slack and start connecting today:
Setting up your Slack profile:
You can now set up your profile and add your optional profile picture.
To add a profile picture:
- On desktop: click the workspace name in the top left to open the menu, select Profile & account and then Edit Profile.
- On mobile: tap the overflow menu button (three dots in the top-right corner), choose Settings and then select Edit Profile.
Getting mobile:
The Slack app is available for both desktop and mobile. Once you set up your profile, you can download Slack's desktop and mobile apps to have instant syncing across your devices.
Slack Channels:
Once you join the NDP-NPD Slack community, you will be automatically added to some default public channels. There are many other topic-specific public channels which all members are free to join. These can be found in the channels menu on the left.
Open the channel browser to browse and join channels in the NDP-NPD workspace:
- Click the Channels section header in the left sidebar.
- This opens the channel browser, listing all the public channels in the workspace.
- Click a channel to preview it.
- Tap Join Channel to become a member.
The icon to the left of a channel's name lets you know the channel type:
- The # hashtag icon means the channel is public.
- The
lock icon means the channel is private.
*You can only see and browse private channels where you are a member.
Slack Messages:
To communicate in the NDP-NPD Slack, you can send a message in a group channel or send someone a direct message (DM).
To send someone a direct message, click the Direct Messages section header in the left sidebar. This opens the direct message browser where you can search for a specific member of the NDP-NPD Slack community.
If you have any questions about anything here, please don't hesitate to contact Slack moderators at slack@ndp.ca.