## Reading, posting, or deleting Chat Room messages

On this page:

- Reading Chat Room messages
- Posting Chat Room messages
- Deleting Chat Room messages

### Reading Chat Room messages

To read messages in the Chat Room, do the following:

- In the menubar, click `Chat Room`.
- To see who is presently in the Chat Room, look under "Users in Chat" on the right side of the screen.
- Messages appear in chronological order, with the most recent at the bottom. Messages will always identify the sender.
- To hide or display the date or time messages were posted, select the appropriate option from the "View" drop-down list: `Time Only`, `Date and Time`, `Date Only`, or `Neither Date or Time`.
- To limit the list to messages from only the past three days, click `Past 3 Days`. To return to a view listing all messages, click `All Messages`.

### Posting Chat Room messages

To post a message, follow these steps:

1. In the menubar, click `Chat Room`.
2. In the text box at the bottom of the window, type your message, and then click `Add message`.

   Note: No one will be able to see your message until you click `Add message`, but once you do, only an instructor or a participant who has special permission can delete your message.

3. To discard a message that you haven't sent yet, click `Clear`.

### Deleting Chat Room messages

To delete a Chat Room message that you have sufficient permission to delete, simply click the trash can icon next to the posting, and then click `Delete`.

Note: If you don't see a trash can icon, you don't have permission to delete the message.