BROWSER
REQUIREMENTS
Internet Explorer 5.0 or above is required to participate in the
online discussion. Netscape is incompatible, and will not properly
Send the comments to the chat window, thus failing to allow participation
in the discussion. However, Netscape users may log in and observe
the chat without the ability to send in comments.
CHATROOM
ADDRESS
The URL for the Stanford Meet2D Online Discussion is: http://www.meet2d.com/chat/stanchat.html
LOGIN TO
THE CHAT ROOM. TYPE A USER NAME.
First, click in the data entry field, and then create a User Name
by
typing it into the field. Click the ENTER button to enter the
ongoing chat session.
TO ENTER
THE DIALOG:
To chat, first click in the data entry field.
(The field is a one line yellow box located below the chat window.)
At the flashing cursor, type your message. Then click SEND.
Your words will appear in the chat window.
NOTE: Messages
are meant to be short, as in a phrase or a sentence.
Keeping your messages short will better facilitate a conversation
with
the other participants.
TYPING
MISTAKES AND CORRECTIONS
Please ignore minor typing mistakes, as the pace of the dialog
discourages taking time to perfect your typing. If you feel you
need to correct something, however, you may use the arrow keys
to move the text insertion point backwards in the data entry box,
and you may use the backspace and delete keys to remove letters
or selected words.
CLICK ON
URLS:
The members of a session may direct the other participants to
examine additional internet content by typing a URL address and
sending it to the chat window. A URL which has been entered by
the professor appears in blue text in the status box just below
the yellow data entry field.
To examine
the indicated URL, click on the blue text version of the URL
which appears below the data entry field. When participants click
on this version of a URL, a new window will open and display the
contents at this web address.
To return
to the ongoing chat, close the second window, thus leaving
only the chat room window open.
TO WHISPER:
Click the name of the person you want to receive your private
message,
Then Click WHISPER, then Click SEND. Your message will be
displayed exclusively on the screen viewed by your intended recipient,
and will be invisible to all other participants. All
further messages which you type and send will be "whispered"
to the chosen recipient until you click on the EVERYONE button.
You must
click on the EVERYONE button to rejoin the general discussion.
USER THREAD
To see all of a person's comments collected in one place and without
interruptions, click the name of the person and then Click USER
THREAD.
When
you are done, Click Close (bottom right).
URL REVIEW
To see a list of clickable links mentioned during the chat session,
Click URL REVIEW. When you are done, Click Close (bottom right).
MUTE /
UNMUTE
Click the name of a person and then MUTE to remove the comments
of that person from your chat experience. This person's comments
will no longer be displayed in your chat window.
Click
the name of the person and UNMUTE to restore the appearance of
their comments in your chat window.
MY TEXT
COLOR
To select a distinctive color for your discussion comments, use
the menu of available color options to choose a personalized color.
REVIEW
LOG
A complete log of the discussion will be recorded by the Technical
Assistant. The complete log will be available only after the formal
discussion has ended. During the discussion, periodic updates
which are managed by the Technical Assistant will make portions
of the log available in real time. These periodic updates must
be requested by whispering your request to the Technical Assistant.
The TA will then post the latest update, and participants may
review the log by clicking on the REVIEW LOG link, located at
the bottom of the Stanford Chat web page.
RECOVERY
FROM ACCIDENTAL LOGOFF OR PROGRAM ERRORS
If the discussion window goes blank, or if you accidentally close
it, then you will need to begin again. If your Explorer window
is still open, but is not functioning properly, then close it.
This will log you out of the chat room. If your Explorer window
is closed, then open a new one and re-establish your link to the
online discussion at http://www.meet2d.com/chat/stanchat.html
.
Then, Login
again and rejoin the discussion in progress. You may use the same
or a different User Name when you login, but for continuity, we
suggest you use the same user name whenever you log in.
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