What is Slack?
The Active Minds Slack Network is now open to all students, thanks to our partner, just.! At Active Minds, we are constantly striving to enhance our ability to communicate with our phenomenal student leaders around the country and provide space in which to communicate with one another — especially in this time of social distancing.
- Using Slack in the classroom isn’t just for educator-to-student communication. It’s also great for communication with colleagues. Dylan Ferniany from Noodle, a place to discover schools and educational programs, points out that Slack has many uses for connecting educators.
- The Active Minds Slack Network is now open to all students, thanks to our partner, just.! At Active Minds, we are constantly striving to enhance our ability to communicate with our phenomenal student leaders around the country and provide space in which to communicate with one another — especially in this time of social distancing.
Slack is a collaboration tool that enables Harvard students, faculty, and staff to keep in touch while teaching, learning, and working remotely.
About the Tool
Is Slack Free For Students
The Course Slack tool is in pilot mode for Spring 2020 FAS courses, and there are are few things you should know about the pilot before you begin:
- No migration path: we cannot yet migrate existing Slack workspaces into Course Slack workspaces.
- Visible to students once installed: the Slack button will appear in your Canvas navigation, and students will get access to the workspace, as soon as you activate it.
- Do not “invite” members via Slack. In order for your students and teaching staff to get the appropriate roles in your Course Slack workspace, they need to join the workspace via the Canvas link, so you should not use Slack to “invite” them to join. Instead, send a Canvas message or email to your class to let them know how to join.
Slack For Education Pricing
How do I install Slack for my course?
Slack Academic Pricing
Slack is integrated with Canvas so that courses can use private workspaces.
Get step-by-step instructions to install Slack in your course site
Courses might use Slack for:
- Teaching staff collaboration: create a locked channel for your teaching staff to share information.
- Student group work: create channels for student project groups to facilitate communication.
- Students helping students: students can ask and answer questions about course work