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Slack is a digital based collaboration platform that allows you to connect with individuals as well as groups within the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) Community using a variety of different methods including: Channels, Direct Messaging, Voice Calls, Screen Share, File Sharing and more.
CCSQ QualityNet Slack is a Health Care Quality Information System (HCQIS) Access Roles and Profile (HARP) (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Okta) integrated. If you plan to use QualityNet Slack, first obtain a HARP ID and then submit a request for a QualityNet Slack user role. The Security Official (SO) within your organization will review and approve the role request.
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APP INTEGRATIONS | SPECIAL FEATURES | IMPORTANT SLACK CONCEPTS | TRAINING CLASSES | YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
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| CCSQ QualityNet Slack has a number of app application integrations which aim to enhance your user experience and ultimately allow you to work more efficiently. If you would like to submit an app integration request please contact the the #help-slack channel or create a ticket in the QNASK Jira project.
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What is it? If you are part of IT Services, you can get a special email address to send notifications from any service that will show up in your channel of choice. Each integration has its own email address and customizable name and icon. Notifications configured for alerts in CCSQ QualityNet Slack Channels can only have hostnames and Internal (non-resolvable) IPs. Below are samples of how the Email app provides value: • NetIM Alerts can be configured to send up/down alerts to include hostname to send to a defined Slack Channel(s). • Team Distribution lists/mail boxes within Outlook can send email to a Slack Channel. • BuildDevOps reporting tools (Splunk, Nagios) can be configured to send alerts to a defined Slack. Channel(s). Alerts frequently contain the hostname and Internal IP of the instance that triggered the alert. This notifies BuildDevOps teams there is an issue with a DevOps instance. Who is it for? Information Technologies (IT) Services Why use it? Users or teams can send alerts and notifications to a CCSQ QualityNet Slack channel. How? Please contact the #help-slack channel or create a ticket in the QNASK Jira project. |
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What is it? The Giphy app lets you search a library of animated GIFs and share them in CCSQ QualityNet Slack. Once Giphy is installed to your workspace, any member can post GIFs in conversations from the shortcuts menu (lightning bolt icon to left of the message field.) Who is it for? Any Slack user
How? In the message field, click on the lightning bolt icon. It opens a pop-up box for shortcuts. Enter in the word Giphy, then select “find and share a gif with Giphy”. Fill in the type of gif you’d like to search for and click Search. A GIF will load into your message box. Don’t like the selection? Then search for another by clicking Shuffle. Once you find the animated GIF you like, click Share. Alternatively: - Type in the message box: \giphy
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- Click Send
- Now fill in the word or phrase you’d like to search for in the pop-up box. Once you find the gif you like, Click Share.
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| What is it? GitHub GitHub Enterprise app expands GitHub by posting notifications of commits and pull requests to a channel in CCSQ QualityNet Slack. Who is it for? Developers Developers, QA engineers, project managers, release engineers, operations and managers Why use it? You You can now be instantly notified through a Slack channel whenever there is a commit or pull request made in your GHE organization. Notifications can be configured in both the repository and at the organization level. How? Please contact the #help-slack channel or create a ticket in the QNASK Jira project. Also expect to enjoy: - Code reviews
- More information for your team in Slack when you share links to GitHub activities and properties like:
- Pull requests
- Issues
- Linked comments
- Code snippets
- Developer profiles
- Take actions with slash commands - Slack conversations often lead to decisions and actionable takeaways. Start on next steps from Slack with slash commands for common GitHub actions, using /github [action] [resource]. For example, these commands let you:
- Close an issue or pull request
- Open a new issue using a Slack dialog
- Reopen an issue or pull request
How? Please contact the #help-slack channel or create a ticket in the QNASK Jira project. |
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| What is it? Jenkins CL app expands Jenkins by posting build start, success, and failure notifications to a channel in CCSQ QualityNet Slack. Who is it for? Developers, QA engineers, project managers, release engineers, operations and managers | Expand |
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| What is it? Jenkins Cl app expands Jenkins by posting build start, success, and failure notifications to a channel in CCSQ QualityNet Slack. Who is it for? Developers, QA engineers, project managers, release engineers, operations and managers Why use it? You can now be instantly notified through a CCSQ QualityNet Slack channel of your Jenkins build results. How? Please contact the #help-slack channel or create a ticket in the QNASK Jira project and provide the CCSQ QualityNet Slack channel(s) where you would like to receive notifications and please also include the name of your Jenkins Master. |
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| What is it? New Relic is a tool that monitors applications and servers in the CCSQ cloud. The New Relic integration with CCSQ QualityNet Slack allows it to securely send notification alerts (containing sensitive information) to a specific Slack channel. Sensitive information will consist of one host and private IP only. Who is it for? Developers, Quality Assurance (QA) engineers, operations, and managers. Why use it? You can now be instantly notified through a CCSQ QualityNet Slack channel of alerts sent by New Relic. How? Open a ServiceNow ticket, assign to HIDS OPS APM to ESS DevSecOps team, and provide the Slack channel(s) where you would like to receive notifications. Include the name of your New Relic account. Alternatively, New Relic notifications can be requested during your migration to New Relic. Best Practices Instead of using a public or team channel, organizations should have a dedicated private CCSQ QualityNet Slack channel to access New Relic alerts. |
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| What is it? The The QualityNet Confluence integration with Slack allows Confluence to securely send notifications about project updates to a specific Slack channel with a direct link to the update. The integration connects Confluence spaces to your Slack channels so the whole team has one conversation and is kept up-to-date. Who is it for? Anyone who has access to CCSQ QualityNet Slack that would like real time updates from QualityNet Confluence. Why use it? Relevant Relevant information at your fingertips! Give your team members constant, accurate, and up-to-date Confluence information about work being done on team projects. Let team members know when you’ve created a new page, blog post, calendar entry, or page update. Select from 4 notification alerts – page creation, page update, blog post, and calendar entry. How? Contact the #help-slack channel or create a ticket in the QNASK Jira project to get Confluence integrated with the Slack channel of your choice. Best Practices - Limit the number of integrations you request for one channel so that only relevant and significant notifications are received.
- Search for anything on Confluence from Slack by typing the command:
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What is it? The Jira server integration with Slack allows Jira to securely send notifications about project/task updates to a specific Slack channel. The integration helps connect Jira Server projects to your Slack channels so the whole team has one conversation. Who is it for? Anyone who has access to CCSQ QualityNet Slack that needs to view alerts from QualityNet Jira. Why use it? Relevant information at your fingertips! Give your team members constant, accurate, and up-to-date Jira information about work being done on team projects. Let team members know when you’ve created an issue and its work progression. How? Contact your QualityNet Jira project admin to configure CCSQ QualityNet Slack notifications for your respective projects. If you are unaware of who the project admin is for the project you want to receive notifications about, you can request help by reaching out through the #help-slackchannelor creating a ticket in the QNASK Jira project. Best Practices Limit what you request so that only relevant and significant notifications are received.
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| What is it? The RSS integration allows you to subscribe to an RSS or Atom feed URL and receive updates in CCSQ QualityNet Slack. Feeds will be fetched periodically, and new items will be posted to the specified channel. Who is it for? Users of SaaS products/services Why use it? Get notified immediately about any outage/service degradation of the product/service you are using. How? Please contact the #help-slack channel or create a ticket in the QNASK Jira project. Best Practices With RSS you can find out immediately if there are any system issues rather than having to check status updates. |
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| What is it? The CCSQ ServiceNow integration enables users in Slack to create an incident in ServiceNow and report it to the QualityNet Service Desk without ever having to leave the Slack application. Who is it for? All QualityNet Slack users Why use it? You can report any issue or outage you are experiencing to the QualityNet Service Center by creating a ServiceNow incident directly from within Slack. How? Please contact the #help-slack channel or create a ticket in the QNASK Jira project. |
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What is it? Zoom is an Audio/Video conferencing tool to make phone calls with video, audio and instant screen sharing. The CMS Zoom integration with Slack allows it to start meetings from any Slack channel, private group, or direct message using the slash command (/zoom). Note: Users with non-CMS Zoom accounts will not be able to start meetings. Who is it for? Who is it for? Any CCSQ QualityNet Slack member that has a CMS Zoom account can use it to start or schedule a Zoom meeting. Any Slack member can join meetings even if they do not have a CMS Zoom account. Why use it? Convenience! You can now instantly start and schedule Zoom meetings from any CCSQ QualityNet Slack channel, private group, or direct message using the /zoom slash command. How? First time users, please remember to authorize Zoom during initial use by providing authorization for Slack to your CMS Zoom. When starting a Zoom call in a channel, use @member_username to notify the members whom you would like to invite.
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| The QualityNet Slack integration with Lucid offers a quick and easy way to keep track of Lucid document updates! QualityNet Lucid has the ability to send you Direct Messages (DMs) notifying of Lucid document changes. Integration Feature Highlights Get and send notifications between Lucid and Slack. Take note, however, that only collaborators who have authorized the Slack integration in Lucid will get the Slack notifications. (If you need to share with Guests, you must still utilize the link-sharing option in order to generate a Guest access share link.) Highlights of the integration feature include: - Keep track of updates with Slack notifications for Lucid documents.
- See preview thumbnails when you share links to your Lucid documents in Slack.
- Start spontaneous brainstorming sessions with Slack shortcuts.
Steps to Integrate QualityNet Lucid to QualityNet Slack You must repeat these steps for both Lucidspark and Lucidchart. - Login to your Lucid account, and login to the Slack account to which you would like to connect.
- Click your profile image or initials in the top-right corner of your Lucid account.
- Select Account Settings.
- Click Apps & Integrations from the left-hand menu.
- Choose either the Lucidchart or Lucidspark tab at the top of the page to locate the Slack integration for that product.
- Find Slack in your list of integrations down below and select Add to Slack.
- Click Allow to grant permissions to your Lucidchart or Lucidspark account. Click Open in Slack on
- Your Lucid app should now be open in Slack. Click on some of the tips to learn about shortcuts.
Steps to Share a Lucid Document to QualityNet Slack - Click the blue Share button at the top right corner of your Lucid document.
- Click the Slack icon that opens in the pop-up.
- Add people or channels with whom you want to share. (*Can only share to public channels)
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| What is it? The RSS integration allows you to subscribe to an RSS or Atom feed URL and receive updates in CCSQ QualityNet Slack. Feeds will be fetched periodically, and new items will be posted to the specified channel. Who is it for? Users of SaaS products/services. Why use it? Get notified immediately about any outage/service degradation of the product/service you are using. How? Please contact the #help-slack channel or create a ticket in the QNASK Jira project. Best Practices With RSS you can find out immediately if there are any system issues rather than having to check status updates. |
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| Add members to your direct messages! This means that any existing direct message (DM) between you and other QualityNet Slack members gives you the ability to loop in others even after the conversation has already begun. Select What’s Visible Don’t want them to see some of the previous conversation? No problem! When you add people to a DM, messages and files will be visible to new members based on the conversation history you choose to include. You have the option of selecting whether they can see all or part of past conversations. Steps: 1.Click the name(s) in the conversation header. 2. Click Add people to this conversation. Image Added
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| QualityNet Slack is more efficient and fun to use than ever before with audio and video clips. A new built-in feature located in your message composition box now lets you record clips up to 3 minutes long! Image Added
Anyone in a channel or direct message (DM) can easily make a recording and share ideas, updates, or just say hello. Recipients can reply in a thread with a clip of their own. The feature is available on both desktop and mobile and allows you to share your screen while recording.
**Important Note! Remember! Slack is neither a System of Record nor approved for sensitive information. Enjoy using Clips, but DO NOT share any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Protected Health Information (PHI) in CCSQ QualityNet Slack
Recording a Video Clip Follow these steps to record a clip: From a channel or (DM), click the camera icon in the message field. You can either record yourself speaking or a screen you’d like to share. Select with a click. You can also start sharing once you’re recording, and stop sharing at any time. Click Record. When you’re finished, click
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If you are in the QualityNet Slack workspace but would like to meet with someone from any CMS Slack workspace, you now have the opportunity to be connected! Go to #help-slack and make a request for creation of a special channel that allows you to invite CMS Slack users to join you there. If approved, the channel will be available on QualityNet Slack for users from each of the workspaces to meet in real time. When you make your request include with whom you want to connect, their email, and the reason for your connection. You can request more than one new channel. The new connected channels give you the ability to: • Connect with users from CMS Slack workspaces through specially created QualityNet channels • Collaborate with CMS Slack workspace users • Send messages to CMS Slack workspace users • Make announcements and use any other Slack channel functionality to communicate with CMS Slack workspace users Note: Just like an old-fashioned switchboard, you can only be connected through individual channels on QualityNet Slack and not to the entire CMS Slack workspace of channels. In other words, it is not possible to jump onto CMS Slack and join any channel. You must have specific connected channels created on QualityNet Slack by our QualityNet Slack team in order to communicate.So go ahead. You are now connected! Expand |
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Slack Huddles is entirely audio. The absence of video helps reduce the fatigue sometimes associated with always being on camera. When a huddle is open, any member of the channel or direct message can come and go as they please. Attendees can share their screen, and others can draw on it. There is also an option for live captioning. Starting a Huddle To start a huddle, click the headphones icon in the bottom left. Anyone can join the huddle once it’s in session by also pressing this button. Here are the steps: - Open a channel or DM.
- Click the headphones toggle in the bottom left corner of your sidebar.
- Once the huddle has started, you can click the microphone icon to mute yourself, the screen icon to share your screen, or the add people icon to invite specific people to the huddle.
- To turn on live captioning, click the name of the person actively talking in the bottom left corner of your screen. Click the three dots icon, then select Turn on captions.
- To leave a huddle, click the headphones toggle at the bottom left corner of your sidebar.
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- People can leave huddles at any time, including the host.
- Anyone in the channel or direct message where the huddle was started can join the huddle at any time.
- Calls include video while huddles do not.
Ways to use Huddles Some great ways to use Huddles include: - Open office hours – One or more persons can drop in anytime during those hours.
- Brainstorm sessions – These are great after you’ve left a meeting with a list of action items for your team. A quick huddle is a casual way to get everyone up to speed while the takeaways and goals are still fresh. Slack Huddles support screen sharing, so you can pull up a spreadsheet or document to log ideas or a calendar to discuss timelines.
- War room – After a new launch, a Huddle is a great way to have an open “room” to address feedback that rolls in.
- Social get-togethers – Huddles are a great way to gather for hangouts like lunch and happy hours without the stress of video.
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Anyone in a channel or direct message (DM) can easily make a recording and share ideas, updates, or just say hello. Recipients can reply in a thread with a clip of their own. The feature is available on both desktop and mobile and allows you to share your screen while recording. **Important Note! Remember! Slack is neither a System of Record nor approved for sensitive information. Enjoy using Clips, but DO NOT share any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Protected Health Information (PHI) in CCSQ QualityNet Slack Recording a Video Clip Follow these steps to record a clip: From a channel or (DM), click the camera icon in the message field. You can either record yourself speaking or a screen you’d like to share. Select with a click. You can also start sharing once you’re recording, and stop sharing at any time. Click Record. When you’re finished, click Stop.
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7. Click the paper plane icon to send your clip.
Recording an Audio Clip - From a channel or DM, click the microphone icon in the message field. Slack will start recording automatically.
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2. When you’re finished, click the blue check mark button to stop recording. 3. Add a message if you’d like, then click the paper plane icon to send your clip. Image Modified
Play a Clip - Press the play button on a clip. For any clip, select 1X to adjust the playback speed.
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3. All clips are automatically transcribed. To read a transcript, click the three lines icon on any clip.
Delete a Clip - Hover over a clip and click the three dots icon.
- Click Delete clip.
- Click Yes, delete this clip.
Other commands available with the three dots icon include download, share, copy, open video in new window or thread, and copy video link.
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What is a thread? Threads help you create organized discussions around specific messages. They let you discuss a topic in more detail, keeping conversations intact and uninterrupted without adding clutter to a channel or direct message (DM) conversation. Threads appear in the as “mini sidebar” conversations in a channel on the right-hand side. Image Removed
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4. To close split view, click the close icon in the top right.
What you can open in split view: - Channels and direct messages (DMs)
- A new message from the compose button
- Items at the top of your sidebar like Mentions & reactions, Saved items, All unreads, and more
- Suggested search terms when you type in the search field
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#Channels to Join- #help-slack - Get quick info, tips, tricks for using SLACK
- #announcements-cms-qnet - General announcements for the entire community
- #announcements-slack - Learn about new apps, features, and events to improve your experience
- #slack_apps - A reference library with listings and descriptions for all QualityNet Slack app integrations
- Slackbot - Ask the Slack bot a question
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| If you are experiencing trouble with the audio for for your CCSQ QualityNet Slack call, here are the steps to take: First, try quitting and reopening the Slack desktop app or your browser. If that doesn’t help, try restarting your device. If neither of the options above works, follow the steps below to check that the right audio input and output sources are selected. Check input & output settings: Click the phone icon to start a call. Click the gear icon in the top left corner of the call window. Select your input or output source to open a drop-down menu and select your preferred microphone and speaker. You can switch between sources to see which ones work. To test your microphone, say a few words and check that the voice meter moves up and down while you're speaking. To check your speaker, click Test. You'll hear a chime if your speaker is unmuted and working correctly. Check audio settings: Check to make sure your audio isn't muted. Then confirm that Slack has permission to access your microphone. If you're on Windows 10: If others can't hear you on a call, follow these steps to make sure Slack has been granted access to your microphone: - Open Settings.
- Select Privacy.
- Click Microphone.
Toggle the setting on. There's also a known issue with Windows 10 where Slack cannot detect communications devices (like headphones or headsets) that are not the system default. To set your preferred device as the system default, follow the steps below: - Open Settings.
- Select System.
- Select Sound.
Below Select your output device, choose the one you want from the drop-down menu. Lastly, check that your audio drivers are up to date. If they're not, updating may resolve these issues. Other Slack Call issues: Occasionally users have trouble with: - Video
- Bandwidth
- Call connectivity
- Screen sharing
- Windows or Chrome
Simple fixes to each of these which can be found in the Troubleshoot Slack Calls article in the Slack Help Center. If you need further assistance, reach us at #help-slack in Slack or contact the QualityNet Help Desk at 1-866-288-8914 from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM CT Monday through Friday. Analytics Expand |
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| Get insight about your channels to increase functionality with data like: - Where people send the most messages and files – private vs. public, channels vs. direct messages
- Total number of members and number of messages sent
- Number of weekly or daily active members
To access the Analytics Dashboard: - Click on your Profile.
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- CCSQ QualityNet Slack users shall be mindful of the type of content that is made publicly Vs. within private channels.
- CCSQ QualityNet Slack is available on mobile devices. However, users should NOT download files on personal mobile devices as this may violate HCQIS CFE policies.
- ONLY CMS approved Slack application (plug-ins) will be made available. To request an application please follow #app-requests on your Slack Dashboard
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| CCSQ QualityNet Slack is a digital based collaboration platform that allows you to connect with individuals as well as groups within the CCSQ Community using a variety of different methods including: Channels, Direct Messaging, Voice Calls, Screen Share, File Sharing and more. Learn more about Slack here. |
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| Register for a HARP ID. Once the HARP account has been created, login to HARP and request a QualityNet Slack account via a HARP User Role. For instructions on this process, visit the HARP page. |
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- Slack Foundry: This is a training app for Slack installed on the CCSQ instance of Slack. It provides integrative tutorials to help your team get the most out of slack.
- Slack Tips: Learn how your team can get more out of Slack. Review documented tips on topics ranging from Slack Basics to Cross-Functional Collaboration.
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- Type /call --test into the search field at the top of the menu.
- Click Send to message input to add the slash command to the message field.
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- Select Privacy.
- Click Microphone.
Toggle the setting on. There's also a known issue with Windows 10 where Slack cannot detect communications devices (like headphones or headsets) that are not the system default. To set your preferred device as the system default, follow the steps below: - Open Settings.
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- Select Sound.
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- Bandwidth
- Call connectivity
- Screen sharing
- Windows or Chrome
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