What is Confluence?

Confluence is a collaboration wiki tool used to help teams to collaborate and share knowledge efficiently. With Confluence, your users can create pages and blogs which can be commented on and edited by all members of the team. For example, you will be able to create a roadmap easily, create notes containing checklist, create a knowledge base and centralize everything in one place. You can also attach files, like your excel planning and display it on a page for more convenience. You can take a look at this short Youtube video to get an overview of Confluence or take a look at this detailed article about Confluence's features.

How can I get access to Confluence?

Confluence is currently available to current Faculty, Staff, and Researchers at Columbia. Confluence is not currently available for student use or for student-facing sites. Confluence is not currently centrally funded, so a cost may be incurred depending on the size and nature of your specific use case. In some cases, Confluence can be made available to your team at no cost. For more information, please contact us at confluence-admin@columbia.edu with the name of your group/department, the estimated amount of users who will need access, and a brief overview of your needs and how you plan to use Confluence. If your site requires student access, please contact the Courseworks team at courseworks-admin@columbia.edu and they can discuss alternatives with you. 

How is Confluence administered at Columbia?

Confluence is currently installed on-premises at Columbia and administered by CUIT's Academic Services team.