As we grow, we will continue to evaluate and improve the use of our tools. From March 31, 2020 - April 26, 2020, we will be upgrading the entire Lambda School Slack to an upgraded experience called Slack Enterprise Grid.
This requires action from students. Below are upcoming deadlines and a list of what you can expect from this upgrade. Slack is a key tool that we use to communicate and build community within Lambda School. Students need to complete the steps asked of them below or they will not have access to Slack and therefore will not be active members of our community.
Additionally, it is important that you go through the FAQs for important information regarding the reason for the switch and policies regarding the use and privacy of the @lambdastudents.com email addresses.
Slack Enterprise Grid Migration (highlighted in yellow means action needed from students and/or alumni):
- The migration will begin at 9 PM Pacific on Saturday, April 25th and will end at 5.30 AM Pacific on Monday, April 27th.
- You will not be able to access Lambda School Slack Workspace from Saturday, April 25th, 9 PM Pacific to Sunday, April 26th, 10 AM Pacific.
- Starting Sunday, April 26th at 10 AM Pacific - you will need to add the new Lambda Students Slack Workspace in your Slack app. We will provide detailed instructions on how to do that later this week. No action required for this until Sunday.
[ACTION REQUIRED]
- Students - For those of you who have received @lambdastudents.com email and Okta account, Please activate your Okta account ASAP if you haven’t already done so. Without the active Okta account, you will not be able to login to Lambda School Slack starting this weekend (April 25th).
- Alumni - For those of you who have not received Okta account and @lambdastudents.com account, you will continue to access Slack using your personal email. We will provide instructions for adding a new Alumni workspace later this week.
Desktop Slack App: Instructions for Adding new Slack "Students Workspace"
tl;dr The new workspace URL is lambda-students.slack.com.
Watch this loom how to video or read below.
The following will show how to add the workspace to your desktop Slack.
