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Leveraging Mentions and Threads in Slack
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Leveraging Mentions and Threads in Slack

Taught in English

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Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance

Intermediate level

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2 hours
Learn at your own pace
No downloads or installation required
Only available on desktop
Hands-on learning
5.0

(20 reviews)

What you'll learn

  • Leverage mentions in messages to boost productivity by filtering, organizing, prioritizing, creating shortcuts, and setting reminders.

  • Start threads and learn how they support working asynchronously.

  • Understand the best practices for using threads for discussions and when posting in a channel is most useful to boost the reach of information.

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Guided Project

Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 hours
Learn at your own pace
No downloads or installation required
Only available on desktop
Hands-on learning
5.0

(20 reviews)

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About this Guided Project

Learn step-by-step

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

  1. Access Slack, sign into your workspace, and create a new workspace if needed.

  2. Using "mentions" and viewing messages that mention you.

  3. Leverage mentions in messages to boost productivity by filtering, organizing, prioritizing, creating shortcuts, and setting reminders.

  4. Leverage mentions in messages to amplify communications by pinning, sharing, and responding to them.

  5. Start threads and learn how they support working asynchronously.

  6. Understand when to use threads vs. when to post in a channel.

  7. Apply methods to boost productivity and amplify communications in threads.

Recommended experience

Anyone is welcome to take this course!

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Freedom Learning Group
Coursera Project Network
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How you'll learn

  • Skill-based, hands-on learning

    Practice new skills by completing job-related tasks.

  • Expert guidance

    Follow along with pre-recorded videos from experts using a unique side-by-side interface.

  • No downloads or installation required

    Access the tools and resources you need in a pre-configured cloud workspace.

  • Available only on desktop

    This Guided Project is designed for laptops or desktop computers with a reliable Internet connection, not mobile devices.

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