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Chat - Students
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GETTING STARTED
Chats are similar to Discussions Boards except responses are instantaneous and fast-paced. Spelling and grammar are not as important in chat rooms as they are in Discussion Boards because you are trying to establish a free flow of exchange. The chat rooms can be used as virtual classroom environments. To access the chat rooms:
- Click on the Chats link on the Course Menu or click on the Chats link on the Homepage.
- You will see the following screen with two links:
- Chat Rooms will bring you to the list of Chat Rooms.
- Chat Transcripts will bring you to the course chat logs (see below).
- By clicking on Chat Rooms (if a security warning pops up, click on the Yes button), you will see six different rooms:
- Click here for Weekly Chat is the room where everybody will enter on the night of chat. People should enter the room 10-15 minutes prior to the start of chat to make sure everything works. The Chat Transcripts records this room, so be aware of what you are typing.
- Rooms 2-4 are breakout rooms for small group discussions. These rooms are also recorded.
- General Chat for <Course Name> is a general chat for students to use outside of the weekly chat.
- General Chat for All Courses is a global room that is accessible to every student at CSP that has a WebCT account. This room and General Chat for <Course Name> are NOT recorded.
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USING CHAT
- Click one time on a chat room name to access that room. If the chat room does not load, you need to complete a Browser Tune-up.
- Once you have accessed the chat room, you may click on the top middle box to maximize the chat window.
- Type a message in the Enter your message below field and press <Enter> to post it to the room.
- Your instructor may type in all capital letters in order to distinguish their dialogue from the students.
- Many instructors will ask questions that they expect you to response quickly with an “*” as a readiness indicator. For example, the instructor may state “Are you ready to move on to the next question *” Your response would simply be to type “*” if you are ready.
- When you are finished chatting, you must click on the QUIT button to end the session (do not just close the window).
- For more information about chats click on Help, while at the Chat Menu.
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CHAT TRANSCRIPTS
The Chat Transcripts link from the main Chats page will show a chronological list of all chats that have taken place within that course. You can copy and paste this transcript into Microsoft Word so you can read it off line.
