Editing Communication and Social Networks (Fall 2021)/Discord Signup

From CommunityData

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
We will be using [[wikipedia:Discord (software)|Discord]] for most of the asynchronous communication needs in our class. If you are confused about something or just want to
We will be using [[wikipedia:Discord (software)|Discord]] for most of the communication needs in our class. This includes our synchronous sessions, turning in discussion questions, aysynchronous homework help, etc.
Β 
I have not used Discord in the past to run a class, and there will certainly be some speed bumps along the way. However, I'm excited about the potential and I think it could work really well.


Signing up for Discord is pretty straightforward. You will need to go to https://discord.com/ and create an account. I suggest downloading the app but you can also use the browser-based version.
Signing up for Discord is pretty straightforward. You will need to go to https://discord.com/ and create an account. I suggest downloading the app but you can also use the browser-based version.
Line 10: Line 12:
[[Image:join_discord_class.png|800px]]
[[Image:join_discord_class.png|800px]]


Click the Firework/Network icon and you should then see the COM 411 category on the left side.
Click the Firework icon and you should then see the COM 411 category on the left side.


I also made a video to walk you through how to do this if you get stuck. [https://youtu.be/pz047i5HtII Click here] to watch it.
I also made a video to walk you through how to do this if you get stuck. [https://youtu.be/pz047i5HtII Click here] to watch it.
Please note that all contributions to CommunityData are considered to be released under the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported (see CommunityData:Copyrights for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To protect the wiki against automated edit spam, we kindly ask you to solve the following CAPTCHA:

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)