The chat feature allows students who are collaborating on a shared program to send text messages back and forth to each other. This is currently a Beta Feature, and requires that teachers enable it before it's accessible for their students.
Once a teacher enables Real-Time Chat for their students, it will also be available on their teacher account.
Opt-In to Use Real-Time Chat
Teachers will need to enable this feature in their Section Settings before students can use it. To enable Real-Time Chat:
In your Sections app, click the Settings tool
Select a Section from the Section drop-down menu in the top left
Scroll down to Collaborate Chat and select Enable For All Students (Or select Disable For All Students to remove access)
Using Real-Time Chat with Collaborate
After joining a collaborate session, a new Collaboration Icon will appear in the left navigation bar. Click the icon to open the collaboration settings and access the chat bubble.
Switch on the Pop Out toggle to open the chat bubble in a moveable window.
Note: Currently, chat is not available for Karel programs.
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