
Instead, members must be invited to join or added to the workspace by a workspace owner or admin. Hidden – Most people will not be able to search for and view the workspace.
Members can also request an invitation for guests, but it must be approved by an owner or admin. By invitation – Workspace owners and admins can invite members and guests.By Request – Anyone may ask to join, but an owner or admin must approve the request.
Open – Anyone can search for and join the workspace. You’ll also manage how people find and join your workspace. This means you hold the highest level of permissions in your workspace and are the only person who can transfer ownership of the workspace. When your workspace is created, you’ll be the workspace owner. It’s also a good idea to create a workplace icon so people can easily identify your workspace in their sidebar. But before you do, you’ll need to come up with a name for your workspace and a description of its purpose. Both the Welcome to the Stanford Slack Grid and Stanford Communities of Practice workspaces are open to all Stanford Slack members. You can also look for a workspace that is open, meaning anyone can join. Or, ask a colleague to invite you to join their workspace. If you want to create a channel or two but don’t already have a “home” workspace, simply search workspaces at Stanford to find and join a workspace that interests you. For example, the University IT workspace has 815 public channels and many more private channels. The Stanford Slack Grid is home to many workspaces - some containing hundreds of channels. If your group needs only a few new channels, joining an existing workspace may work better. If you want to bring a unique group of people together to collaborate in multiple, topic-based channels, a new workspace may be the right solution. Anyone at Stanford with a SUNet ID can request a new workspace.īut how do you know if you and your group should make a new workspace or join an existing one? Generally speaking, think about it like this. A Stanford Slack workspace is a closed space where members of a group can view the channels and conversations that belong to them.