{"id":27445,"date":"2023-10-24T10:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=27445"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:14","slug":"new-slack-user-interface-arriving-november-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/24\/new-slack-user-interface-arriving-november-14\/","title":{"rendered":"New Slack user interface arriving November 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/blank-lines-full-view-600x358.png\" alt=\"The new Slack UI in the University of Michigan instance of Slack highlighting the updated layout, views, and workspace channel organization.\" class=\"wp-image-27448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/blank-lines-full-view-600x358.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/blank-lines-full-view-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/blank-lines-full-view-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/blank-lines-full-view-1536x918.png 1536w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/blank-lines-full-view-665x397.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/blank-lines-full-view.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/blog\/productivity\/a-redesigned-slack-built-for-focus\">Slack has announced a significant redesign<\/a> to the organization and layout of workspaces, which will roll out to U-M Slack on <strong>November 14, 2023<\/strong>. This change will affect all versions of Slack across every desktop, mobile, and browser application. (You may have noticed the change in your other workspaces outside the University of Michigan!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the most notable updates include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New unified Home view: All channels, direct messages, and apps from every workspace you&#8217;re a member of are now viewable from one location. However, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.its.umich.edu\/slack-ui#filter-workspaces\">filter Home to view specific U-M workspaces<\/a> and their content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your profile and status have moved to the bottom left corner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Create button for starting DMs, channels, huddles, and canvases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notifications are organized into DMs, Activity, and Later in the far left pane.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An updated experience for themes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the features and functionality currently available to you will otherwise remain unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.its.umich.edu\/slack-ui\">everything that\u2019s changing in U-M Slack<\/a> and check out both the <a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/communication\/collaboration\/slack\/faq\">U-M Slack FAQ page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/help\/articles\/16764236868755-An-overview-of-Slacks-new-design\">Slack&#8217;s Help Center FAQ<\/a> to get answers to common questions. It may also be a good time to review Slack\u2019s updated <a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/help\/articles\/360059928654-How-to-use-Slack--your-quick-start-guide\">Quick Start Guide<\/a>, which details each section of the Slack interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about the Slack redesign, please contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/help\">ITS Service Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slack has announced a significant redesign to the organization and layout of workspaces, which will roll out to U-M Slack on November 14, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":14376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"_everyone_","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[315,682,1028],"class_list":["post-27445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-services","tag-collaboration","tag-slack","tag-ui"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo.jpg",300,168,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo-200x112.jpg",200,112,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo.jpg",300,168,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo.jpg",300,168,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo.jpg",300,168,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo.jpg",300,168,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo.jpg",300,168,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo.jpg",300,168,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/slack-logo.jpg",300,168,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Madi Atkins, ITS Collaboration Services","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/madiatk\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Slack has announced a significant redesign to the organization and layout of workspaces, which will roll out to U-M Slack on November 14, 2023.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27445"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27460,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27445\/revisions\/27460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}