What is Confluence?
5 min
Beginner
By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to:
- Explain what Confluence can do for teams
- Describe what a Confluence user can do
Confluence helps you create, store, and share information
Think of Confluence as the central hub for your team's work: a place where you can easily create and find the information you need to do your job.
👇Click the tabs below to explore what Confluence can do.
- Create documents
- Build how-to materials
- Brainstorm ideas
- Capture thoughts
- Plan new projects
Why does your team use Confluence?
All types of teams use Confluence, from marketing to human resources. Confluence is a flexible tool teams can use to solve many different problems. Recognizing how your team is using Confluence will help you optimize your experience.
👉 For example: If your team uses Confluence to share company policies and documentation, you'll focus on searching for and organizing content.
👉 Another example: If your team uses Confluence to collaborate on projects, you'll focus on sharing pages and commenting.
How can you use Confluence?
Confluence users can:
- Write content in Confluence
- Organize their personal content
- Comment on teammates' content
- Collaborate with teammates
- Search for content across your site
As you start using Confluence, you'll see that it helps you:
✔ Communicate and socialize your ideas with well-structured content
✔ Find essential resources you need to do your job
✔ Brainstorm and document your most important ideas
✔ Give and receive feedback with teammates in real-time
✔ Stay in the loop on your team's work
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Start navigating Confluence
- What is a space?
- What kinds of content can you create in Confluence?
- How do you find content within a space?