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If the experimental setting 'Enable communication providers' (enablecommunicationsubsystem) is checked, admins can offer a way for teachers and learners to communicate within the courses.

Currently, there are two communication providers available:

Matrix - This creates a Matrix Element room accessible from a Moodle course and with related user management.
Custom link - This offers a field to add a URL to an existing service (e.g. an existing Matrix room, Telegram or Google Meet).

Course communication

Course settings

Teachers can access course communication options by navigating to a course and selecting More > Communication. To enable communication for your course, ensure your admin has enabled and configured the feature (see 'Site administration settings' below).

The different communication integrations are known as providers. Each provider can have their own settings and can be modified in a course from Course navigation > More > Communication.

After saving the changes, a Communication room will be automatically created when the ad-hoc tasks are run.

Any changes to communication settings will not be immediate. Changes are also handled via ad-hoc tasks and will be determined by how frequently these tasks are run on the site.

Pending status

When your Communication room has been saved, but the ad-hoc task has not yet completed, you will see a notification indicating that your room will be ready soon.

Ready status

When viewing the course page after the ad-hoc task has run, you should see a notification indicating that the Communication room is now ready. To access the newly created room, look for the communication icon towards the bottom of the page (refer to 'Room/service access' section below for more details).

Groups

New feature
in Moodle 4.4!

Communication rooms can now utilise groups. Enabling groups in your course will create separate Communication rooms the next time the ad-hoc task is run.

When group mode is enabled on your course, only group rooms will be used. Communication rooms will reflect the course's groups exactly.

When group mode is disabled, users will be removed from those group rooms and placed into a common course room. When group mode is enabled, users will be removed from the common course room and placed into group rooms.

Room/service access

Once all the ad-hoc tasks for communication have finished running, and the room is created, the room will be available from a 'sticky' icon on the relevant course pages. Look for the icon towards the bottom of you screen above the information icon. This icon is available to anyone who has access to the course, regardless of their capability.

Site administration settings

Communication providers are currently an experimental feature and must be enabled by an admin. To enable communication providers:

Navigate to Site administration > Development > Experimental > Experimental settings.
Check the 'Enable communication providers' checkbox (enablecommunicationsubsystem).
Click the 'Save changes' button.
Once the communication providers experimental setting is enabled go to Site administration > Plugins > Communication > Manage communication providers to configure your provider.

Managing communication providers

Admins will be able to access a new section: Site administration > Plugins > Communication > Manage communication providers. From this page, admins can configure the installed communication provider plugins. See the sub-pages for more info, eg Matrix

Capabilities

Configure course communication settings.

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+{{Managing a Moodle site}}
+If the [[Experimental settings|experimental setting]] 'Enable communication providers' (enablecommunicationsubsystem) is checked, admins can offer a way for teachers and learners to communicate within the courses.
+Currently, there are two communication providers available:
+#[[Matrix]] - This creates a Matrix Element room accessible from a Moodle course and with related user management.
+#[[Custom link]] - This offers a field to add a URL to an existing service (e.g. an existing Matrix room, Telegram or Google Meet).
-If the [[Experimental settings|Experimental setting]] Enable communication providers (enablecommunicationsubsystem) is checked, admins can offer Matrix rooms or custom links to existing rooms for teachers to use with learners in their courses.
-'''==VIDEO COMING SOON=='''
+{{MediaPlayer | url = https://youtu.be/kVQNFqvpbR8 | desc = Course communication}}
 ==Course settings==
-* Teachers can access course communication options from Course navigation > More > Communication.
+Teachers can access course communication options by navigating to a course and selecting ''More > Communication''. To enable communication for your course, ensure your admin has enabled and configured the feature (see 'Site administration settings' below).
-* If the admin has set up a Matrix server for the site, a Matrix room will automatically be created when a new course is created. Teachers can configure the room settings by ensuring Matrix is selected as the provider.
-* If desired they can give the room a name and a topic. If they don't give the room a name then the course name is used instead.
+The different communication integrations are known as providers. Each provider can have their own settings and can be modified in a course from ''Course navigation > More > Communication.''
+[[File:course_provider.png|alt=Course communication providers|700x700px]]
-[[File:MatrixProvider.png|center|700px]]
+After saving the changes, a Communication room will be automatically created when the ad-hoc tasks are run.
-*A teacher will automatically have the moderator capability in the Matrix room.
+Any changes to communication settings will not be immediate. Changes are also handled via ad-hoc tasks and will be determined by how frequently these tasks are run on the site.
-If there is no Matrix server on the site, teachers can add a link to a Matrix room of their own or to a room in another messaging service such as Telegram by selecting Custom link as the provider and adding the relevant URL.
+=====Pending status=====
+When your Communication room has been saved, but the ad-hoc task has not yet completed, you will see a notification indicating that your room will be ready soon.
-[[File:CustomLink.png|center|700px]]
+[[File:Room creation pending.png|alt=Room creation pending|700x700px]]
-Once saved the room will be available from a 'sticky' icon, present on all pages at the bottom of the screen above the information icon.
+=====Ready status=====
+When viewing the course page after the ad-hoc task has run, you should see a notification indicating that the Communication room is now ready. To access the newly created room, look for the communication icon towards the bottom of the page (refer to 'Room/service access' section below for more details).
-[[File:CommIcon.png|center|700px]]
+[[File:Room creation done.png|alt=Room creation complete|border|700x700px]]
+=== Groups ===
+{{New features}}
+Communication rooms can now utilise groups. Enabling groups in your course will create separate Communication rooms the next time the ad-hoc task is run.
+When group mode is enabled on your course, only group rooms will be used. Communication rooms will reflect the course's groups exactly.
+When group mode is disabled, users will be removed from those group rooms and placed into a common course room. When group mode is enabled, users will be removed from the common course room and placed into group rooms.
+===Room/service access===
+Once all the ad-hoc tasks for communication have finished running, and the room is created, the room will be available from a 'sticky' icon on the relevant course pages. Look for the icon towards the bottom of you screen above the information icon. This icon is available to anyone who has access to the course, regardless of their capability.
+[[File:CommIcon.png|alt=Access your room/service|700x700px]]
 ==Site administration settings==
-* The feature Enable communication providers (enablecommunicationsubsystem) must first be checked from ''Site administration > Development > Experimental > Experimental settings.
+Communication providers are currently an experimental feature and must be enabled by an admin. To enable communication providers:
-''
+#Navigate to ''Site administration > Development > Experimental > Experimental settings.''
-*For new courses, admins  can define the default provider - or specify 'none' - from ''Site administration > Courses > Default settings > Course default settings.''
+#Check the 'Enable communication providers' checkbox (enablecommunicationsubsystem).
-*Admins will then have a new section, Communication, from ''Site administration > Plugins.''.
+#Click the 'Save changes' button.
-*From the page Manage communication providers, they can configure a Matrix server for the site if desired and disable/enable the option for teachers to add custom links to messaging rooms in their courses.
+#Once the communication providers experimental setting is enabled go to ''Site administration > Plugins > Communication > Manage communication providers'' to configure your provider.
-*If a Matrix server is set up and used on the site and the course default settings specify Matrix as the provider, Moodle will automatically create Matrix rooms for new courses and automatically create user accounts for the existing course participants when they enter the rooms. Teachers who enter the room will have moderator rights.
+===Managing communication providers===
+Admins will be able to access a new section: ''Site administration > Plugins > Communication > Manage communication providers''. From this page, admins can configure the installed communication provider plugins.   See the sub-pages for more info, eg [[Matrix]]
+[[File:Manage_communication_providers.png|alt=Managing communication providers|700x700px]]
 ==Capabilities==
-*[[Capabilities/communication/matrix:moderator| Matrix moderator]].
+*[[Capabilities/moodle/course:configurecoursecommunication| Configure course communication settings]]. [[es:Comunicación]]
-*[[Capabilities/moodle/course:configurecoursecommunication| Configure course communication settings]].
+[[de:Kommunikation]]
-[[es:Comunicación]]

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