The Chat activity allows you to add a simple text-based chat room tool in your LEO unit that allows you and your students to communicate in real time via instant messaging.
Chat sessions can be scheduled for a certain time and date, and you may repeat sessions daily or weekly if you prefer. There is also the option to save your previous chat sessions and make them available for students to review later if you wish.
The functions provided by the Chat activity are much simpler when compared to a Live Classroom, however it can be a suitable alternative where a less complex solution is required. Unlike the asynchronous Forum activity, students can talk and respond in real-time during the session.
Some possible uses for the Chat activity include:
The Chat activity is not integrated with the Gradebook for the capturing of marks. Participation in a chat session may be considered an assessable activity, however this would need to be manually moderated by the lecturer and a mark provided in Gradebook using a manual grade item.
The chat activity can be added to a unit using the "Add an activity or resource" link in LEO.
The Chat does not automatically prevent access to the activity outside time you set for you session. If you need to prevent access to a Chat activity before or after specific times, you can use the Restrict Access settings for the activity to achieve this.
First, set a start date and time from which the activity can be accessed:
Then, set an end date and time, after which the activity will be inaccessible:
Remember to save your activity settings:
To access the Chat room activity:
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Page last updated: 2019-03-07
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Page last updated: 2019-03-07
Short url: https://staff.acu.edu.au/2304071