Discord

Purpose:

1. We'll use Discord for Live Online course discussions
2. 9:25am to 10:40am on Wednesdays
3. Avoid a long wait for answers to your questions.
4. Open a direct line of synchronous communication with me and others in the class.
• Asynchronous communication Such as Email, Snail-Mail, leaving notes on a fridge
  causes many problems:
• Unclear messages
• Unclear responses
• more exchanges of emails (etc) just for the sake of clarity of messages.
• Synchronous Communication Such as in-person conversations, texting, Internet message services.
  helps solve the above problems through immediate discussion

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Process:

1. Download and install Discord to your phone or PC
2. You'll need a mic and speakers or a mic w/ headset/earbuds.
3. Click on this Link to enter Virtual 130.
4. When you are on Discord, read the #Read First
5. Send me an email from titan
   • Subject line should be this: HSC Discord Number
   • Include your 4-digit Discord member number and your name in the email
6. After I have verified your Discord number to your username through that email, I will change your permissions in Discord so you can see all of the different voice and text channels we will use for class-time and for the course.

Contacting me:

• I am on Discord most days.
• If I am away, feel free to send a DM and I will respond as soon as I can.
• If I am in the channel called Open Office Hours, you can pop in any time to ask any questions you may have
• When you arrive in the Open Office Hours, announce yourself with a "Hey Dr. Jones, this is Blahity Blah," but give me a minute to respond, as I may be near but not at my PC.

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Provisos conditions attached to an agreement

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• All Discord communication with me, and with each other in Virtual 130 is considered classroom discussion.
• Follow all typical decorum for such a context.
• The EFSC Student Code of Conduct applies to all Discord communication in Virtual 130

Caveatsa warning of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations.

• Howevver, I type clunkliy, so I donnt want anyof you to stres out abiout spellling errors in Discord.
• I never get
  angry except when someone is being nasty to someone else in the classroom
  so when I send terse messages or emails, don't assume I'm in a bad mood, angry, or upset.
• I. simply. am. not.
• "The soul of wit is brevity" (Polonius, Hamlet)