Here’s a YouTube clip from the “Flipped Classroom” channel, serving as an intro to the communication platform used by tens of millions: DISCORD. Formerly just for gamers, it has become a “general use tool” for communications in various media, and specifically, a platform that supports online teaching and learning quite well.
Setting up Discord takes some time, and planning, but can be seen as a good match for “Creating the Learning Community”, one of the PSA 7 Core Elements for OTL, which we’ve describe in shorthand as: “Members, Social Learning Construct, Shared Needs Pool, Dynamic Leadership Flow”
YouTube Clip Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:15 What is Discord?
0:45 Navigate to the Website
1:00 Download Discord or access online
1:15 Get a Discord account
1:50 What are Servers, Categories, and Channels?
2:40 What makes Channels different?
3:00 Private vs public
3:20 Analogy with Drive
3:50 Create server on Discord
4:20 Customize your Discord server
5:05 Server settings
5:40 Create roles for your Discord server
6:00 Change permissions for roles
7:25 Upload a custom emoji to your Discord Server
8:58 User management for Discord
9:55 Create a Category
10:40 Create a Text Channel
11:30 Channel settings
12:10 Create a Voice Channel
13:25 Invite members to your server
14:00 Security and Privacy settings for Discord
15:00 Main safety settings
16:40 Privacy data shared and how to disable this
17:35 Summary