Chat in Desire2learn

Overview

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. There are two types of chat:

• General (or Course) chats are public chats visible to everyone enrolled in the course they are created.
• Personal chats are private and visible only to users who you have added to the chat’s participants list.

Contents

• Access and Use Chat
• Create a Chat Room
• Delete a Chat Room
• Add Users to a Chat Room
• Remove Users from a Chat Room

Access and Use Chat

1. Access the Chat tool by clicking the Chat icon on your course navigation bar.
   
2. Select the chat you want to join from your list of chats.
   
3. To add a chat message, type a message in the text box at the bottom of the chat room, then press Enter or click Send.
   

Create a Chat Room

1. On the Chat List page, click New Chat.
   
2. On the New Chatpage:
   1. Enter a Title for the chat.
   2. Choose the type of chat you want to create
   3. Enter a Description of the chat
   4. Click Create

   

Delete a Chat Room

1. On the Chat List page, click the Trashcan icon to the right of the chat.
   
2. Click Delete in the confirmation window.
   

Add Users to Your Chat Room

1. On the Chat List page, click the View Members icon beside a chat.
   
2. On the Chat Members page, click Add Members to add users from your course, or click Add Personal Contacts.
   
3. In the pop-up window, select the check box beside the name of users you want to add, and click Add.
   

Remove Users from Your Chat Room

1. On the Chat List page, click the View Members icon beside a chat.
   
2. On the Chat Members page, select the check box beside the users you want to remove and click the Trashcan icon at the top or bottom of the list.