Channels are containers that store the pre-defined content types available in a digital workplace.
Channels contain almost all content within a workplace. Before creating content, an administrator must add channels to a workplace. The number of channels that can be added is not limited, and it is often beneficial to have multiple channels of the same type within a digital workplace. These channels can focus on different themes (organization news vs. team news) and can have the level of user access to them controlled independently.
A channel's content can be viewed by navigating to it or by creating a view into it using widgets. With widgets, content from multiple channels of the same type can be displayed in one location.
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Channels and their content types
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Blog articles | Communicating stories relevant to an organization. |
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Calendar events | Scheduling and publicizing events. |
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Files/documents and folders | Storing documents that have been uploaded into the digital workplace. |
| Forum topics | Enabling discussion. | |
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Microblog posts | Communicating brief messages. |
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Tasks | Tracking and managing tasks. |
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Wiki articles | Managing knowledge. |