2. Chat

A Chat component allows more than one user to communicate together online and the same time. It may be indicated by a icon. When you start a Chat component a small window will open. You will see a list of other people currently in the Chat room on the right hand side. In a Chat room you can:

  • Watch the discussion of other people scroll across the screen on the left. The person that posted each comment will be indicated in brackets before each comment.

  • Contribute to the discussion by typing in the box at the bottom of the window and clicking 'Send' or pushing your Enter/Return key.

  • Save the text of a Chat session for future reference by clicking on the 'Save Chat' link at the top right of the window.

To see a list of available commands that you can type in the chat window to get emoticons, etc. click on the ? next to the text input box at the bottom of the window.