[David Brinza]

Team 980 started using Slack in June as an experiment. Overall, the responsiveness of student team members is much better than our email experience. Though, not the engagement we'd really like to see. When asked, most students "see" many of the posts. They often fail to respond when requested because if they don't do so immediately, they forget about the message (too many shiny objects, too little time).

We've integrated Trello, GitHub, Google Drive, and DropBox (from which we are migrating to Google Drive). We like the ability to create channels dedicated to team functions and logistics (chairmans, controls, attendance, etc.), though it took time for members to learn to post outside of the general channel.

For better or worse, a private student_forum was setup (no mentors), and we've actually seen useful products: the students nominated on team leaders within the forum, which they posted to the general channel. We use the random channel for pun-ishment and off-the-wall humor, etc.

We'll see how Slack works through our build season, as students and mentors have come up the learning curve in the off-season.

Good luck, teams!