About Chat
The Chat tool is a real-time, text-based collaboration tool. You can
use the Chat tool to brainstorm ideas, hold a question and answer
period, have a debate or discussion, or organize a remote study group.
As opposed to other collaboration tools, such as Discussions, Chat
conversations occur in real-time. You can set up course specific chat
rooms or chat rooms that involve individuals from all over the
organization. There are two types of chat:
- General (or Course) chats
General chats are public chats visible to everyone enrolled in
the org unit where they are created. General chats allow you to
incorporate chat discussions into the teaching of a course since they
are automatically open to all users enrolled in the course.
- Personal chats Personal
chats are private and visible only to users who you have added to the
chat’s participants list. Personal chats are ideal for keeping in touch
with friends and colleagues or for clubs and other groups whose members
do not share a single org unit.
Access the Chat tool
Chat rooms are grouped as General (course) chats or Personal chats.
You can only access General chats from the appropriate course. You can
access Personal chats from anywhere in Learning Environment.
- Access the Chat tool by clicking the Chat link on your course navigation bar.
- Select the chat you want to join from your list of chats.
Chat help topics
