Online Tools for Communicating with Other Rebels
This book describes the tools you can use to communicate and collaborate with other rebels. In particular it focuses on Mattermost, UK Forums and UK Cloud, as well as the Hub that links them all together.
If there is any information missing from these pages please either contact the Digital Discussions Application Team on Mattermost or email tech@rebellion.earth.
For support on the Hub, Mattermost, Forums or Cloud, ask in Hub Help Desk channel on Mattermost.
For information about local group (and region/nation/UK) email lists see Action Network for XR on shelf 02
Start Here
This document is a quick guide to get you started with using XR's online communication tools for ...
User Guides
Mattermost
Read this document to get familiar with Mattermost. It is used to communicate with XR groups as w...
The Hub
What is the Hub? The Hub is the tool XR UK uses to connect lots of the programs (e.g. Mattermost...
UK Forums
What are UK Forums? UK Forums have a slightly different purpose to Mattermost – here's a summar...
UK Cloud
What is UK Cloud? UK Cloud is a place for Extinction Rebellion members to create, store, and sha...
The Vault
The Vault is a password manager hosted by XR. It is a place for rebels to securely store the pas...
Making Forms with Cryptpad
This page shows you how to make a customised form to collect data, using our secure, hosted versi...
Accessing the Tools Using a Smartphone or Tablet
Lots of rebels do not have access to a computer and instead rely on a smartphone or tablet to do ...
Online Behaviour Guide
XR's Regenerative Culture We owe each other a duty of care to make our presence on our communica...
How do I join the Hub
This document is a quick guide to get you started with using XR's online communication tools for ...
Problems Getting on the Hub
Listed below are several of the most common problems people have when they sign up to the Hub. If...
Compromised Account Procedure
All rebels with an account on the UK Hub, UK Forum, Global Mattermost and UK Cloud – which gives ...
Videos to help with getting your local group onto the Hub
This page contains links to video content that can be shared with your local groups to help get t...
How to use the Big Blue Button (video conferencing)
HOW TO USE THE BIG BLUE BUTTON Big Blue Button, or BBB, is an alternative to Zoom. It is free to...
How to Change Your Login Name [Handle]
If you want a different login name [known as your Handle on Mattermost], you need to change t...
How to get Tech Help!
This document is a quick guide to finding Tech Help. All of us find difficulties in remembering e...
Group Admin Guides
All the information to manage your Group should be here but if you can't work out how to do somet...
The XRUK Volunteer Agreement
How to sign the Volunteer Agreement, and to check other people who have access to personal data h...
Inviting People to your Group
How to invite people to your group To get to the Hub, type - hub.extinctionrebellion.uk - into ...
Add and Edit Groups, Channels & Forums
Note: If any of what follows makes you nervous, drop a request into 'Hub Help Desk' on Mattermost...
XR Groups, Roles and Mandates
Read this guide to learn how to use the Hub to manage your group's mandates, roles, members, etc....
Role Tenure
How to update role tenure, so you no longer get 'tenure expired' messages Your Group Admin can s...
SOS Facilities on the Hub
This section describes how the Hub helps to implement the principles of Self-Organising Systems w...
Setting up a New Group on the Hub
This document takes you through the process of creating a new group on the Hub. See also Good Pr...
Deactivating or reactivating someone's account
This page explains how to deactivate an account if someone is arrested or loses their phone or ot...
How to create and use Forms on the Hub
The Hub allows Group Admins to create forms for people to fill in, and then look at (and share) t...
Behaviour and Good Practice
General responsibilities of Group Admins Group Admins have a responsibility to make sure that ...
How to set up a Telegram-Mattermost link
We have a Matterbridge service, which enables you to link a Telegram channel or group to a Matter...
Placeholder Hub Groups
Placeholder Groups represent groups who do not use the Hub, so that they appear in the Hub Circle...
Hub Admin Guides
Intro to the Hub Admin Role
OK - so you'd like to be a Hub Admin - great! It's a very rewarding role - you get to help in a v...
Using the Hub Admin Interface
Introduction To access the Hub - type https://hub.extinctionrebellion.uk/ into your browswer add...
Transferring data from the Map to the Hub
How to create Placeholder Groups on the Hub to align the Hub data with the Map data. Only availab...
Super Admin Functions
This section is for Hub Super Admins, and explains how to alter the structure and rules of Hub Gr...
Extra Information
Choosing a messaging app for your XR group
If you want to create a group chat for your XR group, there are loads of different options and m...
Why we have the Hub
How are you communicating with people in your working group? Are you using WhatsApp? Or Telegr...
What do DDAT do?
Digital Discussions Applications Team Click on any images to access the service, mouseover to se...
FreshDesk for managing Digital queries
Introduction If a rebel has a technical query, problem or suggestion, they can ask in the Matter...
Privacy and Security
How private is your data on the XR communication services? Data on our new services is held in a...
When to use the Forums instead of Mattermost
What is the difference between chat and discussion? Chat (Mattermost) and discussion (Forums) ar...
Mattermost Moderation
What is Moderation, why do we need it and who does it? These questions arise with any open chat s...
Meeting Links - back up advice ...
Find Meeting Links when Mattermost is down Usually, you will find useful information, like zoom ...
Library (UK Cloud)
What is it? The Library is a shared read-only area for all Rebels on UK Cloud. You can view and ...
Data Planning Impact Assessments
Data planning for Personal Data in XRUK What is this document for? For training and awareness...
GDPR and Personal Data
What is GDPR? GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. It’s the UK version of EU dat...
Security Risks of Burnout [Draft]
Is Your Communications Workload Adding to Your Burnout? Is that affecting how powerful we are? ...
Telegram: How to remove spammers
Spamming can be an issue with Telegram chats. If you receive direct messages [DM] from random pe...
Old Hub Guides
Guides for the old Hub, for those who prefer to use it.
Mattermost
Read this document to get familiar with Mattermost. It is used to communicate with XR groups as w...
The Hub
What is the Hub? The Hub is the tool XR UK uses to connect lots of the programs (e.g. Mattermost...
READ THIS FIRST
This document is a quick guide to get you started with using XR's online communication tools for ...
Problems Getting on the Hub
Listed below are several of the most common problems people have when they sign up to the Hub. If...
Compromised Account Procedure
All rebels with an account on the UK Hub, UK Forum, Global Mattermost and UK Cloud – which gives ...
The XR Volunteer Agreement
How to sign the Volunteer Agreement, and to check other people who have access to personal data h...
Inviting People to your Group
How to invite people to your group To get to the Hub, type - auth.extinctionrebellion.org.uk - ...
Add and Edit Groups, Channels & Forums
Groups Edit Group screen This lets you rename your group, or any of its teams, channels, forum ...
XR Groups, Roles and Mandates
Read this guide to learn how to use the Hub to manage your group's mandates, roles, members, etc....
Role Tenure
How to update role tenure, so you no longer get tenure expired messages. Your Group Admin can se...
SOS Facilities on the Hub
This section describes how the Hub helps to implement the principles of Self Organising Systems w...
Setting up a new group on the Hub
This document takes you through the process of creating a new group on the Hub. See also How ...
Deactivating or reactivating someone's account
Explains how to deactivate an account if someone is arrested or loses their phone or other device...
Placeholder Hub Groups
Placeholder Groups represent groups who do not use the Hub, so they appear in the Hub Circles dia...
What do DDAT do?
Digital Discussions Applications Team Click on any images to access the service, mouseover to se...
Meeting Links - back up advice ...
Find Meeting Links when Mattermost is down Usually, you will find useful information, like zoom ...
UK Forums
What are UK Forums? UK Forums do slightly different things than Mattermost - here's a summary: ...
UK Cloud
What is UK Cloud? UK Cloud is a place for rebels to create, store, and share documents securely ...