Setting up Slack for the term

We will use Slack for asynchronous communication outside class. In particular, you can expect to use Slack for:

reading late-breaking announcements, corrections, suggestions, etc. that I will post periodically in the #announcements channel
posting your reading reactions
posting questions in the #questions channel (and responding to your classmates' questions, if you wish)
contacting me via direct message (I'm usually quicker to respond to Slack DM than to email)
coordinating with partners on those occasions when you have partner assignments

Do these setup tasks

I sent you an email invitation to Slack before the term started. Follow the instructions in that email to accept the invitation.
If you didn't receive the invitation, let me know via email right away!
Either install the Slack app on your work computer and/or your mobile device or bookmark our Slack workspace in your browsers if you prefer using the web interface. Make a plan ensuring that you'll check Slack once per day.
Edit your Slack Profile:
- Change your displayed name to your full preferred name (for example, I changed mine from "jondich" to "Jeff Ondich")
- If you're comfortable doing so, upload a profile picture of yourself so your classmates and I can recognize you.
- If it's common for people to mispronounce your name, I would be grateful if you would provide a name recording and/or pronunciation hints.
Post a short introduction to yourself in the #general channel. Here's what I would like you to include.
- Name and, if you wish, preferred pronouns
- What's one non-tech-related thing you like to do for fun?
- Who's a musician or writer or artist that makes your life better?
- Anything else you want to say.
- Please do not talk about computer stuff in this post. There will be plenty of opportunity for that later.

Happy communicating!