Enabling Chat in your course

To set up the Chat tool in your Canvas course:

1. Open your Canvas course.
2. Follow the steps in the ‘How do I manage Course Navigation links?‘ guide to enable the link for Chat.
3. Click Save.

Using the Chat tool in a Canvas course

To use the Chat tool:

1. Open your course.
2. Click on the Chat link in the left-hand navigation.
3. Input your message in the text field at the bottom.
4. Press Enter or click Send to submit the message.

Messages can be deleted by an instructor:

1. Mouse over the message.
2. Click the trash can on the right-hand side.
3. Confirm that you want to Delete the message.