Stay on top of new videos, comments, and highlights in your channel by connecting Rewatch to your Slack workspace.

Connect your Slack workspace to Rewatch

If you’re an Admin, here’s how you can connect Rewatch to your Slack workspace:

  1. Navigate to the Admin console at the bottom of the lefthand menu.

  2. Click Integrations in the lefthand menu bar.

  3. Click Connect Slack for the Slack integration.

  4. Follow the instructions provided by Slack.

Connect your Slack workspace

Configure your Slack notifications

Once you've connected your Slack workspace, you can set up notifications for your entire Rewatch channel or for specific collections. You can also customize your notification preferences for new videos, comments, and highlights.

If you'd like to notify a private Slack channel, please follow these instructions.

Set up Slack notifications for your entire Rewatch channel

If you’re an Admin, here’s how you can set up Slack notifications for your entire Rewatch channel:

  1. Navigate to the Admin console at the bottom of the lefthand navigation.

  2. Click Integrations in the lefthand menu bar.

  3. Click Manage settings for the Slack integration.

  4. Check the box to enable Slack notifications for your entire Rewatch channel.

  5. Select if you'd like notifications for new videos, highlights, and/or comments.

  6. Search for Slack channel(s) that you'd like to notify.

  7. Click Save to update your notification preferences.

Set up Slack notifications for specific collections in Rewatch

You can also set up Slack notifications for specific collections and only notify your team in Slack when there are new videos or activity in those collections.

If you're an Admin, here's how you can set up notifications for a specific collection:

  1. Navigate to the collection you'd like to set up Slack notifications for.

  2. Click ••• in the top right corner to expand your options.

  3. Click Edit details.

  4. Check the box to enable Slack notifications for this collection.

  5. Select if you'd like notifications for new videos, highlights, and/or comments.

  6. Search for Slack channel(s) that you'd like to notify.

  7. Click Save to update your notification preferences.

Set up Slack notifications for a private Slack channel

To set up notifications for a private Slack channel, add the Rewatch app directly to those channels. If you are not a Workspace Owner, you may need to request approval before the Rewatch app can be added to your Slack channel.

If you are an Admin, here's how to add the Rewatch app to a private Slack channel:

  1. In Slack, navigate to the Private channel that you'd like to notify.

  2. Click the channel name to see your channel details.

  3. Select the Integrations tab.

  4. Click Add an App and select or search for "Rewatch."

  5. Click Add to add the Rewatch app to your channel.

You can now search for and select this private channel when setting up Slack notifications for your channel or specific collections in Rewatch.

Enable Rewatch videos to play in Slack

You can enable Rewatch videos to play in Slack, so your team can watch without having to leave your Slack workspace. When Slack embeds are enabled, only videos that have been published and are visible to your entire channel will be expanded.

Note: If you connected Slack prior to August 10, 2022, please update your Slack integration first. To update your Slack integration, visit the Integrations page.

If you're an Admin, here's how you can enable Slack embeds for your channel:

  1. Navigate to the Admin console at the bottom of the lefthand navigation.

  2. Click on Permission settings in the lefthand menu bar.

  3. Scroll down to the section for Embedding videos.

  4. Find the options for embedding videos in Slack.

  5. Select the option to "Allow published videos to be embedded in Slack."

Play Rewatch videos in Slack
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