¶ What is Mattermost?
Mattermost is the chat tool that we use to communicate within the Train-the-Trainer program.
It is an open source platform and it is free. You can learn more about it in the Mattermost documentation. If you have any problems with Mattermost, please check the documentation before getting in touch with us.
¶ How to join Mattermost
You can use Mattermost in your webbrowser, in the desktop app or the IOS/Android version on your phone (or all of those :)) Joining is pretty easy - you indicate what team you want to join and then create an account using an email address and passwort.
We use something called workspaces and teams on Mattermost. When you join Mattermost you can either do so via this link or by entering the following workspace name:
chat.science-retreat.org
Still need help or want some more information? Here is a tutorial on how to join a Mattermost workspace
If you have trouble joining the workspace, please contact us via hello@digiresacademy.org
¶ Channels on the DRA Mattermost
On Mattermost, you can find many different channels. These show up on the left in the sidebar.
By joining our team, you have already been added automatically to the channel #Town-Square.
Browse other channels by clicking the + symbol on the sidebar, then ‘browse channel’ to get the full list of channels.
Here is an overview of all channels and their purpose. If there are any new ones, please add them to the list.
| Name | Content | Users |
| #Introduce yourself | the place to say hello! write a few sentences about yourself and why you are excited about joining the community | all DRA members and organizers |
| #Town-Square | announcements for meetings, courses, anything that is important for everyone to see | all DRA members and organizers |
| #Incoming-Requests | request for courses, workshops etc. are usually posted by the organizers with a description of what the client wants - here we can match the skills of | more relevant for finished trainers, but all are welcome |
| #Off-Topic | the channel for everything else; people use it to share cool events they know about or ask about materials, etc. | all DRA members and organizers |
| #20XX_TTTX | channels using this naming convention, e.g. 2023_TTT3 are channels for the specific cohorts of training - all announcements, organizational things, updated and discussions about your courses will be here | each cohort of trainers has their own channel |
| #Wiki maintenance | join here if you want to help work on this wiki | open to all |