Overview

Slack is a collaboration tool that can be used for one-to-one or one-to-many instant messaging.

Saunders Workspaces

RIT-Saunders

The RIT-Saunders Workspace is restricted to Saunders faculty, staff, adjuncts, and student employees.  

To join, go to https://rit-saunders.slack.com/ and sign in using your RIT account.

Student employees will need to login using the student accounts, not their employee accounts.

RIT-Saunders-Honors

The RIT-Saunders-Honors Workspace is restricted to Saunders Honors students.

To join, go to https://rit-saunders-honors.slack.com/ and sign in using your RIT account.

RIT-EMBA

The RIT-EMBA Workspace is restricted to EMBA staff and students.

To join, go to https://rit-emba.slack.com/ and sign in using your RIT account.

Slack for Courses

See https://help.rit.edu/sp?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0042857 for information on how to request a Slack workspace for your course.

Using the Slack App

For Saunders managed computers, see Portal Manager to install the Slack App. 

For your personal devices, see the following:

• Windows: https://slack.com/downloads/windows
• macOS: https://slack.com/downloads/mac
• Android: https://slack.com/help/articles/207691318-Download-Slack-for-Android
• iOS: https://slack.com/help/articles/208401947-Download-Slack-for-iOS

Once installed, go to your workspace (see links above) and click on Sign in with RIT if prompted.

Once signed in, click on Open the Slack App under the RIT-***** menu:

Slack's Documentation

As Slack is adding new features all the time, we recommend you review https://get.slack.help/ for help.