34-021 Matrix chat

Overview

If you want to set up your own chat room for your course participants in Unichat, you can use the Matrix Chat module. 

The Matrix Chat module allows you to establish a link to Unichat and to create your own chat room for your course. Course authors and course supervisors get moderator rights in the chat room and can e.g. add or remove participants and assign new rights.

Please note: The Matrix Chat is an external system, i.e. not integrated in OpenOlat. You can use the Matrix Chat in the browser, via a desktop client or an app on your mobile phone (similar to other messenger services, e.g. Whatsapp). 

However, the Matrix Chat is also operated at the University of Innsbruck, in case of problems you can contact the following address: webconference@uibk.ac.at.

The official documentation for the UIBK - Matrix Chat can be found on the ZID homepage.

Important Steps

The Matrix Chat element can be copied into the course either directly when creating the course or later.  

During course creation:  

  1. The Matrix Chat can be selected when creating a course. Details on course creation can be found inHelpCard 10-010 The Matrix Chat has now been created in the course structure and can (if necessary later) be moved by drag&drop.


Subsequent insertion:  

If your course has already been created, you can insert the Matrix Chat as follows: 

  1. In your course, click on Course editor in the top left-hand corner under Administration. The course editor will open. 
  2. Select Insert Course Elements in the upper left corner and click on Import from other course under Other. Tick the Matrix Chat element and click on Finish. The element has now been created in the course structure and can be moved by drag & drop (if necessary later). 
  3. Click on the red X in the top right-hand corner to close the course editor. To publish the change, select the option Yes, automatically (for details on publishing, see HelpCard 10-020). In the course view that opens, all changes have now been applied.

 

Create chat room and synchronise participants:  

You must now create the chat room and invite the course participants to the Matrix chat.  

  1. Click on the Matrix module in the published course and then on the button Chatraum anlegen und Teilnehmer*innen einladen (Create chat room and invite participants). The chat room will now be created in the Matrix Chat. Course owners, course supervisors and course participants who already have Matrix Chat active will receive an invitation message in Matrix Chat.  
  2. Now click on the link displayed. You will be redirected to Matrix Chat. If you do not have the chat active yet, you will be taken to a login page where you can log in with your UIBK account. After logging in, you must accept the invitation to the chat room in order to enter the room.  
  3. Course participants can enter the chat room for the course by clicking on the Matrix Chat module in OpenOlat and following the link. This will take them to a login page where they can log in with their UIBK account. After logging in, course participants will receive an Join the disscusion, which they can accept or decline. Should course participants leave the chat room once, they must be invited to the room again if they wish to participate in the course chat again. 
  4. If the participants in the course have changed, a button Invite new course participants will appear in the Matrix Chat module. Click this button to synchronise new course participants into the chat room.  

Please note: If the option "Ignore users" is selected for the invitation in the Matrix chat programme, no new invitations to OpenOlat course chats can be received.  

Please note: Guests in the course will not receive an invitation to the Matrix chat. However, guests can report their Matrix account to the moderators in the chat room (create Matrix account e.g. here: chat.mozilla.org) and can be invited to the course chat separately with this account.

Customise Matrix Chat course element:  

You can individually regulate the naming, visibility and access rules for the course element.  

  1. In the tab Title and Description enter the title to be displayed in the course structure on the left.  Click on Enter extended information to enter additional learning objectives, instructions or notes for the tutor. Furthermore, you can set a direct link for this course element in order to refer to it from outside or inside the course by clicking on the text highlighted in blue and copying the existing link. Save your entries. 
  2. In the tabs Visibility and Access or Learning Path you can regulate visibility and access, if required: 
    • If your course is a conventional course, you will find more detailed information inHelpCard 10-030. 
    • If your course is a learning path, you will find more detailed information in HelpCard 10-031. 
  3. In the tab Layout you can change the layout of course elements. You can provide individual course elements with different background pictures or change the text colour. How to do this you will find in HelpCard 10-033.
  4. Click on the red X in the top right-hand corner to close the course editor. To publish the change, select the option Yes, automatically (for details on publishing, see HelpCard 10-020). In the course view that opens, all changes have now been applied. 

Please note: Do NOT change the configuration of URL, key and password of the course element!

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