Use a channel to organize student groups or projects. To create a new channel, select More options next to your team name. Select Add a channel Follow the steps to add a name and description. Use @mention in the Conversation tab to notify students you’d like to participate in the channel.
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The whole class can post in the General channel’s Conversation tab. @mention students or staff to invite them to post in another channel for small group work. Posts made in channels are not private.
Check your Activity feed to see your @mentions and replies.
Get your whole class team’s attention by using an @mention of your team’s name or the General channel. You can also expand the compose box to select the Important 
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Select More options next to your team name, then View team, then Members. Select the checkmark box(es) for the students you wish to mute.
To delete a message, go to the message and select Delete from More options
To delete a conversation thread, select the Conversation tab, then select More options next to each message in the thread and select Delete.
Next to the title of your class, select More options . To remove a student, select View Team, then select the X next to the student you want to remove.
To remove a co-teacher, select More options next to your class name. Select View Team, change the co-teacher's role to Member, then select the X next to the teacher you want to remove.
To delete a class team, select More options next your class name. Select Delete Team and follow the directions on screen.
