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Slack

We use HipChat Slack, a chat client, as our primary form of team communication.

  1. Register an account at uwmidsun.hipchatslack.com.
  2. Join the General and Announcements roomsgeneral room.
  3. Join your team's room - Electrical, Mechanical, or Business. 
  4. (Optional) Download and install the native client.
  5. (Optional) Download the mobile app.
  6. Introduce yourself in the general or your team's room!

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By default, you will receive offline notifications only from mentions and 1-to-1 chats. We recommend leaving at least these enabled.

Highlights

  • Rooms Channels - Rooms Channels are where chat generally takes place. Anyone can make a room. Public rooms can be joined by anyone, while private rooms are invite-only.
    Clicking the "Midnight SunChannels" in the top left sidebar will bring you to a list of rooms and people. Here you can start a conversation with anyone, or join a group. 
  • @mention people - Use @[name] to get someone's attention, online or offline. @here notifies all people currently available in the room, and @all notifies everyone in the room.
  • Native and web clients - HipChat Slack has a web client. Alternatively, native applications can be downloaded for all major platforms.
  • JIRA integration - Mentioning a JIRA ticket (ex. ELEC-9) will attach a preview of the mentioned issue.
  • Video chat - Start video chats within HipChat, either from a room or a 1-to-1 chat. You can also choose to share your screen.
  • Emoticons - Use the built-in emoticons, or feel free to add your own.

Confluence

This is Confluence, the team wiki. Here, we document our projects, knowledge, and experiences.

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  • Pages - Any content on Confluence is created as a page. You use the editor to create and edit pages, taking advantage of tables, macros, and attachments.

  • Watches - You can watch a page or space to be notified whenever a change is made.
    Note: We recommend only watching pages that you are interested in, as watching a space can result in many notifications. You can change what you'll be notified about here.

  • Collaborative editing - Just like Google Docs, multiple people can work on a page at the same time.

  • Restrictions - Confluence supports comprehensive permissions management.
  • @mention people - Similarly to HipChatSlack, @[name] alerts the mentioned user that they've been mentioned in a page.
  • Inline comments - Comments can be made on a page level or inline, allowing you to provide input and ask questions.

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