Time for action – adding a Moodle chat
Decide on the topic in which you want to include a chat room. With editing turned on click on Add an activity and choose Chat.
Give the chat room a name and provide a short piece of introductory text:
For now the default settings will do. Simply scroll down to the bottom of the page and press the Save and display button:
What just happened?
We've just added a chat room to our course! It was very easy, just a few clicks and we're done. To enter the chat room simply click on the Click here to enter the chat now link. Ask a student or colleague to join you. You can see whether there's anyone else with you in the chat room on the right-hand side of the screen:
Being understood – Using emoticons
As we have already mentioned, without visual cues, facial, and hand gestures, it is very easy to be misunderstood in a chat room. For that reason emoticons, or smileys, were invented. Have you tried inserting smileys using the HTML editor:
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