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Chat administration

Adding a Chat to your course

With the editing turned on,in the section you wish to add your chat, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu )and choose Chat

Course settings

Name of this chat room

Whatever you type here will form the link learners click on to enter the chat so it is helpful to give it a name that suggests its purpose - for example "Student council discussion" or "Field trip planning meeting".

Introduction text

Type the description of the chat here. Include precise instructions for students regarding the subject of the chat. There is also an option to display the chat description on the course page below the link to the activity.

Next chat time

The day and hour of the next chat session. This will appear in the calendar so students know the schedule but it doesn't stop them accessing the chatroom at any other time.
If you don't want them in the chatroom at other times, then hide it (with the eye icon) or use Conditional activities to restrict access.
If you don't wish to schedule chat times then ignore this and choose from the next settings.

Note:For courses involving users across different time zones, it is useful to know that the time you set here will be adjusted to match the time zone of the user viewing it.

Repeat sessions

There are four options for scheduling future chat sessions:

Don't publish any chat times- there are no set times and students are welcome to chat at any time.
No repeats - publish the specified time only- only the Next chat time will be published. This could be used to schedule special events or meetings or simply to help learners identify a common time in which they can expect to find other learners in the chat room.
At the same time every day- Daily chats are useful for scheduling daily office hours or work sessions with learners.
At the same time every week--This setting will schedule a chat for the same day and time every week, which could be useful for instance for meeting and reviewing key ideas and questions related to the week’s content/assessment.

Save past sessions

Choose from the dropdown how many days to save - or save everything by selecting Never delete messages
If you have any concerns about discussions that might take place in your chat room, you may want to keep transcripts te check the suitablility of what is discussed. If your learners are using the chatroom to collaborate on a group project you won't want to delete the messages until the project is complete.

Everyone can view past sessions

Decide here whether or not allow everyone to view past chat sessions. (Teachers can always view past sessions)

Other settings

There are the usual Common module settings and - if admin has enabled them - the Restrict access settings Conditional activities.

Locally assigned roles

In Settings > Chat administration > Locally assigned roles selected users can be given additional roles in the activity, such as the capability to delete chat logs.

Role permissions for the activity can be changed in Settings > Chat administration > Permissions.

Site administration settings

The chat module has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Chat. They depend on the chat method which has been selected:

Ajax

This is the default method. It works everywhere but if many people are chatting it can put a large load on the server. Its particular settings are:
- Refresh user list - choose the number of seconds after which the user list is refreshed
- Disconnect timeout - choose the number of seconds after which we detect a user has disconnected.

Normal method

The particular settings for this method are:
- Refresh room - choose the number of seconds after which the room is refreshed
- Update method - choose how to update the chatroom - "Keep alive" or "Stream" strategy. Stream works better but your sever might not support it.

Chat server daemon

A daemon is a program that runs all the time in the background. In this case it's a PHP script, listening to a particular port on your server, accepting and giving out chat information.If you intend to use the chat activity a lot, then you should consider using a chat server daemon to reduce server load.Its particular settings are:
- Server name
- Server IP address
- Server port
- Max users

Then you need to start the chat daemon script from the command line:

cd moodle/mod/chat
php chatd.php --start &

Chat capabilities

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 {{Chat}}
-{{Improve}}
 ==Chat administration==
 ===Adding a Chat to your course===
-*With the editing turned on,in the section you wish to add your chat, click the dropdown menu ''Add an activity'' and choose ''Chat''
+*With the editing turned on,in the section you wish to add your chat, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu )and choose ''Chat''
-[[File:Addchat.png]]
 ==Course settings==
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 *Whatever you type here will form the link learners click on to enter the chat so it is helpful to give it a name that suggests its purpose - for example "Student council discussion" or "Field trip planning meeting".
 ===Introduction text===
-*Type the description of the chat here. Include precise instructions for students regarding the subject of the chat.
+Type the description of the chat here. Include precise instructions for students regarding the subject of the chat. There is also an option to display the chat description on the course page below the link to the activity.
 ===Next chat time===
 *The day and hour of the next chat session. This will appear in the calendar so students know the schedule but it doesn't stop them accessing the chatroom at any other time.
-*If you don't want them in the chatroom at other times, then hide it (with the eye icon) or use [[Conditional Activities]] to restrict access.
+*If you don't want them in the chatroom at other times, then hide it (with the eye icon) or use [[Conditional activities]] to restrict access.
 *If you don't wish to schedule chat times then ignore this and choose from the next settings.
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 ===Save past sessions===
-*Choose from the dropdown how many days to save.
+*Choose from the dropdown how many days to save - or save everything by selecting ''Never delete messages''
+*If you have any concerns about discussions that might take place in your chat room, you may want to keep transcripts te check the suitablility of what is discussed. If your learners are using the chatroom to collaborate on a group project you won't want to delete the messages until the project is complete.
-When users (two or more) participate in a chat session, a record, or complete transcript of the session is created. As the instructor, you can choose how long these transcripts are saved and available for viewing. You may wish to never delete the messages from a special chat room used for discussions between learners and visiting authors, but you may choose to keep transcripts from an open, informal chat room for only 30 days.
-If you have any concerns about discussions that might take place in your chat room, you may want to keep transcripts for an extended period of time to allow the transcripts to be used for documentation. Likewise, you may find the documentation provided by the transcript to be useful for accreditation or evaluative purposes. Another consideration is how long you expect your learners to need access to the transcript. For instance, if learners are using the chat room to collaborate on a group project, you won’t want to delete the messages until that project is completed and assessed.
 ===Everyone can view past sessions===
-You can decide here whether or not allow everyone to view past chat sessions.
+*Decide here whether or not allow everyone to view past chat sessions. (Teachers can always view past sessions)
-Instructors in a course can always view transcripts from sessions in the chat rooms. However, you also have the option to make these chat transcripts available to all of the learners in the course. If you select Yes for this setting, learners can click on the title of the chat room and then view past sessions to see any interactions that have taken place in the chat room. If you select No here, then only the instructors in the course will have access to the transcripts. If learners need access to a specific transcript though, the instructor can always copy the transcript and share it with learners in the form of a document.
+===Other settings===
+There are the usual [[Common module settings]] and  - if admin has enabled them - the Restrict access settings [[Conditional activities]].
-==Common module settings==
-===Group mode===
+===Locally assigned roles===
-Another location to set the group mode for the activity. If group mode is forced in the course settings then this setting will be ignored.
-===Visible===
+*In ''Settings > Chat administration > Locally assigned roles'' selected users can be given additional roles in the activity, such as the capability to delete chat logs.
-Changing the Visible setting from "Show" or "Hide" is the equivalent of opening or closing the eye next to the resource or activity. If you choose Show, then students in the course will be able to see this chat. If you choose Hide, then only someone with teacher or administrative permissions in the chat will be able to see it.
-===ID number===
+*Role permissions for the activity can be changed in ''Settings > Chat administration > Permissions''.
-The ID number may be used in 3rd party integrations and grade calculations.
-==Locally assigned roles==
+==Site administration settings==
-In ''Settings > Chat administration > Locally assigned roles'' selected users can be given additional roles in the activity, such as the capability to delete chat logs.
+The chat module has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Chat''. They depend on the chat method which has been selected:
-==Chat permissions==
+[[File:Chatmethod.png]]
-Role permissions for the activity can be changed in ''Settings > Chat administration > Permissions''.
+===Ajax===
+*This is the default method. It works everywhere but if many people are chatting it can put a large load on the server. Its particular settings are:
-==Site administration settings==
+**'''Refresh user list'''  - choose the number of seconds after which the user list is refreshed
+**'''Disconnect timeout''' - choose the number of seconds after which we detect a user has disconnected.
-The chat module has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Chat''.
+===Normal method===
+*The particular settings for this method are:
+**'''Refresh room''' - choose the number of seconds after which the room is refreshed
+**'''Update method''' - choose how to update the chatroom - "Keep alive" or "Stream" strategy. Stream works better but your sever might not support it.
 ===Chat server daemon===
-A daemon is a program that runs all the time in the background. In this case it's a PHP script, listening to a particular port on your server, accepting and giving out chat information.
+*A daemon is a program that runs all the time in the background. In this case it's a PHP script, listening to a particular port on your server, accepting and giving out chat information.If you intend to use the chat activity a lot, then you should consider using a chat server daemon to reduce server load.Its particular settings are:
+**Server name
-If you intend to use the chat activity a lot, then you should consider using a chat
+**Server IP address
-server daemon to reduce server load.
+**Server port
+**Max users
-Setup:
-) Admin -> Config -> Modules -> Chat -> Settings
-) Set the method to "sockets" and set up the ports etc
+Then you need to start the chat daemon script from the command line:
-) Start the server like this (from the Unix command line):
+ cd moodle/mod/chat
+ php chatd.php --start &
-  cd moodle/mod/chat
+==Chat capabilities==
-  php chatd.php --start &
-) Go to a chat room in Moodle and open it as normal.
+*[[Capabilities/mod/chat:chat|Access a chat room]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/chat:deletelog|Delete chat logs]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/chat:exportparticipatedsession|Export chat session which you took part in]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/chat:exportsession|Export any chat session]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/chat:readlog|Read chat logs]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/chat:addinstance|Add a new chat]]
-[[de:Chat anlegen]]
+[[de:Chat konfigurieren]]
-[[cs:Přidání/úprava chatovací místnosti]]
 [[fr:Ajouter/modifier un chat]]

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