Send, reply to, edit and search messages in Staff Chat

In a server, pick a channel on the left. A grade's channel opens on ALL, for the whole grade, with a tab for each subject beside it.

Send a message

• Type in the box at the bottom and press Enter to send.
• Select the paperclip to add photos or files: up to five on one message. In a free server, a direct message or a group, each can be up to 25 MB; a paid server's plan allows bigger files. Programs and web pages can't be sent.
• Type @ to mention someone. A mention lights their orange dot even when they've muted everything but mentions.
• A link in a message gets a preview card with the page's title and picture.

Reply, react, edit and delete

Point at a message to see its buttons; on a phone or tablet, tap it.

• Reply puts a quote of the message above your answer.
• The smiley face adds a reaction. Select a reaction again to take yours back.
• In the three-dot menu, Edit message changes your words. Everybody sees (edited) after them.
• Delete message removes it for everybody, and Message deleted stays in its place. A school's admins can Remove message on anybody's message in that school.

Photos and files

Select a photo to see it full size. Select a file to open it: PDFs, videos, recordings and pictures open right in the chat, and anything else downloads. Download saves a copy. If you have a Filing Cabinet, the folder button beside a file copies it there: pick a folder and select Add Here.

Search

Select the magnifier at the top of a channel to search it and every tab of it you can open, or at the top of a conversation to search that conversation. Type at least 2 letters: whole words and the start of a word are found. Select a result to jump to it. For an older message, Back to the newest takes you back.