What is the Slack integration and how to use it?
In this article, you will learn about the Slack integration and how to best use it.
What is the Slack integration?
As an SSO tool-
1-Click Single Sign On for organisations with a ‘Business+’ or above Slack Plan (optional)
As a communication tool-
Carry out actions that you’d do on Learn Amp without ever leaving Slack, simply by entering commands.
Transform a web link into an item on Learn Amp.
Receive notifications in your Slack thread about upcoming tasks and deadlines, and their priority level.
Carry out searches on Learn Amp on certain topics, view the most highly rated items on this topic, and share them with a fellow colleague via Slack messaging.
How do I use the Slack integration?
To enable the integration: go to the admin panel > search for the company
Then for Integrations - Add integration
& for Single service sign-on providers - Add SSO
An SSO will need to be enabled in both the integrations and single service sign-on providers panels.
Once enabled, click on Add to Slack.
Slack will ask you to grant Learn Amp the following permissions:
Channels/Groups: Read - We use this to get a list of your groups and channels, so you can tell us if and where to post Learn Amp activity.
Chat: Write - We need this to post activity into your slack channels if you ask us to.
Learn Amp does not read any of your Conversations, files, or history on Slack.
Users must be Administrators for their company’s Slack team in order to add the integration.
As an SSO tool-
Click on your profile icon > select Profile and Preferences.
In the left-hand sidebar menu, click on Security > select SSO options.
Click on Slack (add) > select your Slack account > click on Accept and Continue.
As a communication tool-
To use the integration, simply open up Slack and type in the command you’d like to use.
Here are the commands you can carry out on Slack, and what they do:
/la or /learnamp - Quick links to view your Assigned Learning and Activity Dashboard.
/la help - View usage info to help you use the slash command.
/la connect - Make sure your Slack and Learn Amp accounts are connected.
/la search keywords - Search the Learn Amp library for keywords.
/la tasks - List 10 upcoming tasks.
/la tasks overdue - List overdue tasks.
/la tasks mandatory - List mandatory tasks.
/la add [URL] - Add the URL as a new item within Learn Amp.
How to use the Activity Feed?
Managers/Admin users can set up activity feeds on their slack channels - which feed in information from the platform into the respective slack channel to be able to see what users are doing within Learn Amp. You can set up filters to filter through what kind of information is pushed through to users - choosing what you want to see.
Step 1: Select which team’s activity should be sent to Slack.
Select a team from the drop-down menu.
This will post activity that is assigned to this team via tasks or via visible/assigned channels.
Step 2: Choose what updates you want to post.
You can choose between Completion, Newly Added, Engagement, and Event Enrollments.
Step 3: Select the slack channel you want the activity posted to.
Select the slack channel you want the activity posted to.
Click Save.
