Sep 21 / Ellie Louis

How to use the community features at The French Room

How to use the community features at The French Room

Sep 21 / Ellie Louis
How to guide  - Community at The French Room

The French Room Community is a place to feel part of the larger French Room and practise your French conversation skills.

Αs a learner at The French Room, you can create posts and comments.

You can chat with everyone at The French Room, have conversations just with others on your course or talk privately in a closed group from your live class.

To find the Community Page click on the "Community" tab at the top of the website ⬆️


Where to find the Community Page at The French Room

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Did you know your community page is personalised to you? It shows your personal discussion groups. That includes conversations from all the courses you are enrolled on and any private groups you have accepted invitations for.

Private groups are closed and are accessible by invite only. You will only see private groups that you have been invited to and to which you have accepted that invite.

On the other hand, anyone can take part in the chat for the whole French Room. The French Room chat is open to everyone and anyone can see or comment on these posts.

How to see and write posts

Click on "Activity" to see all the posts, images, or polls with their respective reactions and comments.

By clicking on "Activity", all posts relevant to you will appear on your timeline wall.

If you click "Activity" for The French Room you will see all posts for The French Room as a whole. If you click on "Activity" for a specific course or a private group that you are part of, you will only see the chat that you have chosen.

How to see Course Discussions

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Course discussions are open for everyone to see. It is where I give you guidance on what to study and where you can take part in course conversations in French or English.
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You can also see course discussions when you are inside a course under the "Discuss" button. You will see my guidance for what to study here and you can add your own comments and questions. 
Course discussions are open for everyone to see. It is where I give you guidance on what to study and where you can take part in course conversations in French or English.

How to see Private Discussions

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Private discussions are only viewable by people who have been invited to that group. If you are part of a live French class on Zoom you will be invited to join a private conversation group for your live class only.
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You can only join a private group via email invite. You will receive only one email invite to join a private group.  So be sure to accept it when you receive it.
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Be sure to accept your invite to gain access to your private group and start talking with your fellow learners from your online zoom class.

Mentions and notifications

You will know if a post has been personalised to you if you receive a mention. A mention is a tag that is added by using the @ symbol plus a person's name. 

Mentions

If you are mentioned in a post you will receive a notification by email showing that post. If you want specific people to see something that you are posting then you can find them by selecting the @ symbol and then start writing their name. Once you start writing learners will be suggested to you and you can click on the person you want to tag or mention.

If you are part of a private group. I will mention you when I post details of what you can prepare for your next live class.

When I reply to any comments you make in any of The French Room chats, I will mention you so that you are notified of my reply.

Notifications

It is not feasible to send notifications for every conversational post, comment or update so you will only receive notifications for posts where you are mentioned.

As The French Room community chat is a feature that is great for social connection and as a learning tool be sure to check in and see what's being said each time you log into The French Room.