ChattingChattingwith St udents 53
Savingthe Chat Hist ory 55
Clearingthe Chat History 55
EnablingandDis ablingStudent Chat 56
SMART Sync allows you to chat with yourwhole class or a specific group.By restricting
yourcomments to a group,you don’tdistract students with messages that don’tapply to
them.You can also send a private messaget o selecteds tudents.
Youcan view all c hatmess ages,including the ones betweens tudents, in the History
areaof the Chat view. Students can view messagessent to the entire class as w ell as
messagessent to the groups they’re membersof.
Chatting with Students
Youcan chat with s tudentsin t heC hat view in SMART Sync Teacher.
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If SMART Sync Student is in Hi ddenmode, students can’t initiate chat even if
youallow it. However,t heyc anrespond to chat if you initiate it.
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UseS MART Sync’s announcementfeature instead of the chat featureto s enda
messageto selected students (see Sendingan Announcementon page 36).