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Re: Moodle: On Chats and Time

Miami Catering — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:16:17 -0000

just in case students don't get in on time, etc. It seems that it takes a few moments to get things rolling and all

Re: Moodle: On Chats and Time

vergil66 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:11:46 -0000

That's probably one of my favorite parts of the chat: the ability to go back and look at the transcript ("metacognition" stuff <== oh, nice grad school word from the late 90s).
Thanks for the comment.

Re: Moodle: On Chats and Time

website templates — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:09:20 -0000

I typically don't have a limit on chats...just in case students don't get in on time, etc. It seems that it takes a few moments to get things rolling and all. Also, I usually set the chat to save the transcript and allow everyone to see the transcript...it makes for an interesting "reflection" as you go back and as a class, see what happened in the chat.

Re: Moodle: On Chats and Time

jeffmason — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:11:00 -0000

We don't have that problem in our district. The chat module is not available. Violates AUP.

Re: Moodle: On Chats and Time

vergil66 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:46:04 -0000

Jeff,
That is a pretty good idea and I'll pass it on to Dawn as that might be what she's looking for.
I suppose, imho, I really don't care if students use the chat after class (all the transcripts are saved anyway). In fact, I just set up a "Water Cooler " chat that is open for the entire grading period and students are free to go into the site and discuss...really anything (most of the times it's trying to get clarification on some assignment...other times, it's just to chat).
Thanks for the comment.
Peace,
Chris

Re: Moodle: On Chats and Time

jeffmason — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:10:24 -0000

Would it be too much trouble to make the chat "invisible" to the students as soon as the class is over? I don't know if you have time at the end of class or access to editing your moodle during a class period, but that may be one way to effectively end the chat.