School of Education

Sakai Chat

Students go into the chat room to add a synchronous dimension to their online course. I like how the search tool includes chat room transcripts. The tags let you explore other info related to what was found in the search. Students like how the size of the tag represents how frequently it appears in the search results. This is powerful indeed for identifying themes in your course discussions.

Students need to be aware that "All chat messages are archived and can be read by any site participant." Thus, the Sakai chat room is not the place to hold personally private discussions.