Unarchiving Slack channels
Course channels are automatically generated in Slack at the beginning of each semester. Per ITS, once the semester is over, the course channels for that semester remain active for one more semester, and then are auto-archived. Once a channel is auto-archived, all channel members receive a notification from Slackbot.
Image source: ITS's Keep Teaching Slack page for faculty
While there isn't a way to opt out of the auto-archiving process, you can unarchive a channel:
- In the Slack sidebar, click on Slackbot (under "Direct messages").
- Look for the following notification: "archived the channel #termyear-coursecode-section," and click on the channel name.
- The channel opens. Click on its heading at the top.
- Click Settings. Click Unarchive this channel.