In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

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   Open a free Slack account, create a unique workspace, and familiarize yourself with its layout and review the types of resources available on the platform to enhance organizational communications.

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   Set availability and status to indicate to others when they can expect to hear from you. Explore strategies to tailor status and notification settings to support productivity and team effectiveness.

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   Pause notifications and use them to boost productivity. Handle notifications on the fly and discover options for automating what notifications you receive, and how and when you receive them.

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   Create your Slack profile and set your preferences by thoughtfully considering the most effective way to present yourself and your value in organizational communications.

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   Flesh out your work environment by defining and creating public and private channels.

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   Explore more ways to invite others to a workspace and its default channels.

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   Use direct messaging and connect people in Slack to boost the effectiveness of messaging through strategic use of channel and individual tags.