What is a chat tool (real-time discussion tool), and what is it used for?
The chat tool that your facilitator has instructed you to use in this course has been developed for you to communicate with your facilitator and other participants in real time – (meaning, everyone reading and typing responses to each other during the same period of time). This tool helps you to get immediate feedback to questions, but it does require others to be online at the same time you are. It is most like a phone conversation.