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Live Chat

Enable Live Chat​

On the Admin page's sidebar, navigate to:

Courses > 'Term' > 'Your Course' - Settings

There you will find a few checkboxes to enable/disable the chat and a variety of different chat-related features.

Activate Chat

Moderate Chat​

Approve Messages​

Set Enable Moderate Chat, and new chat messages need approval by a course admin before being visible.

Approve Message

Remove messages​

If necessary, a click on Dismiss removes a message.

Dismiss Message

Resolve messages​

Messages can be marked as 'resolved'. That can be especially useful when messages contain already answered questions.

Resolve Messages

After that, a message is visibly depicted as such:

Resolved Message with Checkmark

Anonymous Chat​

Set Allow Anonymous Messages, and users may hide their identity by sending their messages as the user 'Anonymous'.

Anonymous Message

Interact with Chat​

Chat Polls​

A click on Create Poll at the bottom of the chat opens a dialog. The form is very intuitive. For additional answers, press + to add another option.

Poll form A click on Publish and Close makes the results visible to every user. If closed, a graph at the top of the chat depicts the result nicely.

Poll result

At the time of writing this document (April 2022), polls are single choice.

Address users​

Insert an @-Symbol in the chat-input, and a list of non-Anonymous users will be displayed. A click or ENTER appends the chosen user to the addresses. Alternatively, navigation via UP and DOWN keys is also possible.

@ other users

Emojis​

Insert a : and a single letter in the chat-input, and a list of emojis will be disabled. One may use the arrow keys to navigate it.

@ other users