Smart Technologies SMART Sync 2010, User Manual

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To chat with students
1. Click
Chat .
The Chat view appears.
2. Click All Computers or All Students to chat with all students.
OR
Click a group’s tab to chat with only students in the group.
3. Type a message in the Message box, and then click Send .
Your message appears in the History area of the Chat view.
Your message also appears in the equivalent tab of the students’ SMART Sync
Student Chat dialog box.
N O T E S
o
Each student’s SMART Sync Student Chat dialog box has a tab for
every group the student is a member of.
o
Students can’t view a group’s chat history if they’re not in that group.
o
If your students haven’t opened their SMART Sync Student Chat
dialog boxes, tell them to double-click the SMART Sync icon in the
notification area, and then click Chat .
4. Enable student chat (see Enabling and Disabling Student Chat on page 56).
N O T E
If you don’t enable student chat, students can’t reply to your message.
When a student creates a new message in the SMART Sync Student Chat dialog
box, the message appears in SMART Sync Teacher in the History area of the
Chat view. If the student sends a message to a specific group, the message
appears in SMART Sync Teacher on the equivalent group tab.
5. Continue to add new messages and view your students’ replies.
6. Disable student chat when you’re finished (see Enabling and Disabling Student
Chat on page 56).
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