What is Speakap?

Before diving into the tutorial, let’s start with a brief look at the Speakap interface and it’s components.

Network

A network is a group of people, licensed under the same subscription, identified by a unique name, subdomain and/or emblem.

Timeline

Speakap uses a clear timeline, similar to those on other social networking sites, where you can view and post updates with photos or documents. The timeline is personal and features posts from your groups and the people you follow. This keeps you up to date on the latest social and organisational developments.

As a developer you’re able to post updates, for instance work schedules, to the timeline.

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Widgets

Widgets are positioned next to the network timeline. Some of our default widgets include recent files and featured content widgets. As a developer you’ll be able to add your own widget to the network timeline. For example: You can show a list of items from the logged in user’s ToDo-list in a widget.

The main menu is used to navigate trough the many functions Speakap has to offer. The default version of the main menu contains the following links:

User profile/timeline
Network timeline
News
Private messages
Documents
People (list of users)
Groups

When developing a Speakap Application you’ll be able to add your own app to the main menu. A menu item consists of an icon and the application name or label. The icon may be a full URL to the icon, or (preferably) a Unicode codepoint in the Font Awesome font set: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/

Users

Collaboration is all about people. Speakap users all have a personal profile page and timeline. As a developer you’re able to use the following user data:

First name
Last name
Avatar
Header image
Date of birth
Job title
Relationship status
Spoken languages
Address information
Phone numbers
Email addresses

As more functionalities will be added to the platform, more information (such as work experience and skills) will become available.

Groups

Speakap connects business units, departments and employees. By creating different groups, users can always see the information they find relevant. For example: users can create a specific group for a project, department or branch and communicate in an open or closed environment — whichever they prefer. Some data you can use as a developer:

Group name
Group description
Date created
Group type (public, restricted, private or secret)
Group logo or emblem
Header background for the group
Number of members

App Market

Administrators can activate or deactivate Speakap Applications using the App Market. When activating an Application, the administrator uses an Installation wizard provided by the App developer (You). So please make sure the wizard is understandable and easy to use, also for non-technical users.