Let's set up a chat room in our Rivers and Flooding course so that our students can discuss their plans:
1. With editing turned on, go to Add an activity, and select the Chat option.
2. In the Name of this chat room field, enter an appropriate title for the discussion.
3. In the Introduction text field, type in what the discussion is going to be about. If you want this to show on the main course page, check the box Display description on the course page.
4. For the Next chat time option, choose when you want to open the chat room.
5. For the Repeat sessions option, choose whether you want to chat regularly or just once.
6. For the Save past sessions option, choose how long, if at all, to keep a record of the conversation. (This might be useful if you won't be present at the chat or else if the chat will form part of an assessed task.)
It is up to you to decide whether to allow everyone to view the past sessions or not.
7. Ignore all other settings...