Reading, posting, or deleting Chat Room messages

On this page:

• Reading Chat Room messages
• Posting Chat Room messages
• Deleting Chat Room messages

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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.