There are a few ways of communicating within an Aula space. It can be done by creating or commenting on a post in the Community Feed, or by starting a (group) Direct Message. This article details available options for starting and managing DMs.
- Creating a Direct Message
- Creating a group Direct Message
- Updating group DM settings
- Formatting in Direct Messages
- Hiding the messages panel
Creating a Direct Message
- Click on New message at the top of the message panel to your right.
- Type the name of the participant you want to start a conversation with.
- Confirm with Next.
- Write your message!
Note: If you don't remember a name of the person that you'd like to get in touch with, you can easily start individual Direct Messages with all members of your module from the Space Settings.
Creating a group Direct Message
- Click on New message at the top of the message panel to your right.
- Type the names of the participants you want to start a conversation with.
- Add a name in the Group name field.
- Confirm with Next.
Updating group DM settings
- Open the conversation of your choice and click on the ... icon in the top right.
- Choose one of the available options:
- View participants,
- Add participants,
- Rename group,
- Mute notifications,
- Leave a group.
Leaving group DMs
- If you can't find the option to leave a group DM, it's likely that you were added to it when an assignment Group was created by a lecturer. If they remove you from the Group, you'll be able to leave the group Direct Message as well.
- If you exit a group, it will still exist, but you will no longer be able to send or receive messages in that group.
Formatting in Direct Messages
You can read more about available formatting options in this article. The main difference between composing in DMs and composing posts in the Community Feed is how a new line is created. In a DM, you'll have to press shift + enter from your keyboard to create a new line. Enter will immediately send your message.
Deleting messages
It's not currently possible to delete messages sent in DMs. You can however edit a message by hovering over it and clicking on the pencil icon on the right-hand side. At the moment, messages cannot be edited from the mobile app.
Hiding the messages panel
If you'd like to hide the messages panel, simply click on the three dots symbol in the bottom right and choose Hide messages panel. This way the panel will be replaced with a small tab in the bottom right of your screen, and an arrow button will allow you to reveal it again when needed.
