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The channels for a Slack team
are listed on the left sidebar here.

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When you first joined,

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you only saw the default channels,
ones that you see when you join.

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However, there are other channels as well.

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They aren't immediately shown, but
you can join them at any time.

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For example, we show you the channel for
unit 01, but

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there's also a channel for
each other unit in the Techdegree.

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Let me show you how to find and
join a channel.

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I recommend that you open Slack too.

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You can follow along with
me to get some practice.

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Go ahead, pause this video, and
start it again when you've got Slack open.

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Okay, let's move your mouse to the left
side bar over the word channels and click.

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The Browse channels window opens.

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You can type a name in the search
box to locate a channel.

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For example, if I type unit, I can see
a list of all of the unit channels.

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Click on unit-02.

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This gives you a preview of the channel so

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you can see what
the conversations are like in it.

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The Join Channel button lets you jump
into the channel so you can post.

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You can also leave a channel, if it's not
a discussion you plan on participating in.

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To leave, click the channel
name at the top of the page and

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choose Leave with a channel name.

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In this case, Leave #unit-02.

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You can also leave a channel
by typing a message /leave.

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And hitting Return or Enter.

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This closes a channel for you and

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removes it from the list of
channels in the left sidebar.

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Don't worry, you can always rejoin
a channel you've left by searching for

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it and joining it again.

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Let's join another channel.

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Click the channels link.

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Type practice.

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You'll see there's one channel,
practice-slack.

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Let's join it.

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The practice-slack channel
is just here for practice.

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You won't get answers to questions here.

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It's a playground for you to practice it.

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Why don't you type a message in here
like Hello, I'm a Techdegree student.

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We'll be using this channel in this course
to practice writing Slack messages.

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Feel free to write more now and
when you're done,

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type /leave to leave the channel.