GCconnex

GCconnex is the Government of Canada’s professional social networking platform. GCconnex enables public servants to connect and collaborate based on shared interests, knowledge, and experience. GCconnex is designed to be used for activities related to the government workplace. GCconnex is an open source social networking tool allowing public servants to develop their own profiles including descriptions of individual business activities, interests and expertise.

GCconnex lies at the heart of an open, easily accessible workplace for the Public Service. It is a virtual network where public servants can share their professional expertise and connect with other public servants with similar interests, or with skills that are needed or to find individuals with expertise that will help them be more productive.

GCconnex is managed by the GC2.0 Tools Team, which also manages GCpedia.

Features on GCconnex

• Chat

Instant message your GCconnex colleagues either individually, or in a chatroom. This help guide will walk you through the functionality.

• Ideas Widget

Users can share ideas within a group, comment on them, and vote on whether they like them or not. This widget was launched as part of Blueprint 2020, but is enabled for use within any group. 

• Dashboards

A feauture allowing customization of tracking and organization of content.

• Groups and Subgroups

A feature that allows the users to organize groups relevant to their work practices. It gives several options on the level of security of the group and the content to be displayed.

• Files and Folders

Entire documents of all kinds can be uploaded using this feature. This feature also has options for security levels.