From the course: Learning Moodle 3.9

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- [Instructor] Let's take a look at the chat activity and how it can extend the conversations beyond the walls of the classroom. I like Moodle's description of the chat feature. They say, "Chats enable participants to have text based, real time synchronous discussions." This can be really powerful. I like them because chats provide a safe way to have learners communicate, because the discussions can be monitored, and all chats can be saved and made available for others in the class to see. Let's take a look at how to add a chat. I'm going to go down to one of my sections here. Let's say Navigating Conflict. And I'll click here on Add an activity or resource. From inside here, I'll select Chat. Here's where we can begin customizing our chat. So we first have to name the chat room. I'm going to title this one, Project Discussions. So, in my course we'll be working on projects and I would like a time for students to be…

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