Using the chat window in eLive

Step-by-step guide for Moderators

The chat window is where you can send and receive text messages.

Send a chat message
Send a message as announcement
Filter messages
Save chat messages to a file

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Send a chat message

The chat window is where you can send and receive chat messages. You can send your message to everyone in the session (All), just other moderators, an individual participant or several participants.

Note: Be aware that moderators can see all the messages, including private messages that you send to other moderators or participants or that participants send to each other. You cannot delete a message once it has been sent.

When a session is recorded, only the public messages are captured.

To send to all, moderators, or a single participant:

1. Type your message in the message text field.
2. Click the Send to option menu drop-down list and select the person or persons to whom you would like to send your message.
3. Click Send.
4. The message will then appear in the conversation area.

To send to a selected group of participants:

1. Type your message in the message text field.
2. To select the message recipients, hold down your <Shift> key (<Command> key on a Mac) and click on the name(s) of the intended recipient(s) in the Participants window. The names are highlighted when selected (see below).

   

3. Click the Send to option menu drop-down menu, and select Selected.

4. Click Send.
5. The message will then appear in the conversation area of only those participants you selected. Because this is a private message, it will appear as blue in the discussion region. When participants send private messages to each other, moderators will see the text message in red in their windows.

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Send a message as announcement

1. Click on the Announcement button.
2. Type your message in the message text field.
3. Click the Send to option menu drop-down list and select the person or persons to whom you would like to send your message.
4. Click Send.
5. The message will appear to the receipients in both their conversation area and as a pop-up message.

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Filter messages

During your session, you may wish to view only certain text messages. Use the Show option menu drop-down list in the chat window to filter messages. When you make your selection, only the relevant messages will appear in the window. You may change your selection at any time.

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Save chat messages to a file

You can save the chat messages to a text file to review at a later time.

1. Go to the File menu at the top of the window and select Save.
2. Click on Chat Message Conversation...
3. In the pop-up window, type in a file name and select the location to where you wish to save the file.
4. Click Save. The suffix .txt will be added to the file name.

Note: you can use Notepad, WordPad or any word processing application to read the text file. You cannot load the file back into the chat window of an eLive session.

For further information on how to use the eLive chat features, see Chapter 7 in the Elluminate Live! Moderator's Guide version 8.0 (pdf, 4.9MB).