Using Nectir

Everything you need to know on how to use Nectir for your classroom communication.

36 articles in this collection
Written by Jordan Long and Vicky Le

Channels

What is a public channel

Everything on public channels

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

What is a private channel

Everything on private channels

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Creating a channel

Create a chat space for you and your students to communicate instantaneously

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Looking for a channel

Use Nectir directory to search for a public channel in your workspace

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Joining a channel

Join any public channel on your workspace directory

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Public channel directory

View your workspace's channel directory to see all the public channels

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Channel members list

View a list of all the members in a channel and see who's online

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Leaving a channel

Leave a channel once your class is over or when you no longer need it

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Archiving old channels

Archive old Nectir channels

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Finding an archived channel

Find archived and hidden channels.

Written by Jordan Long
Updated over a week ago

Channel settings

Setting an announcement banner

Display an important message or greeting on your Nectir channel by setting an announcement banner

Written by Vicky Le
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Changing your channel's visibility

Change your channel from private to public, or vice versa, at any time.

Written by Vicky Le
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Adding a password to public channel

Set a password on your public channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Messages

Creating a poll

Everything on using polls in your Nectir channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

What is a direct message

Everything on direct messages

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Sending a message

Send a message in a Nectir channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Sending a direct message

Send a private message to other users on Nectir

Written by Vicky Le
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Reacting to messages with emojis

React to any message on Nectir with emojis

Written by Vicky Le
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Sending an attachment

Upload and send an attachment to a channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Sending videos to your channel

Upload and send videos to your Nectir channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

What is a thread

Use thread when responding to messages to organize conversations

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Customizing a message: bold, italics, and inline code

Using bold, italics, and inline code in your Nectir messages

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Message features

Mentioning a user in the channel

Instantly notify a user by mentioning them in the channel

Written by Vicky Le
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Searching messages within a channel

Find specific messages in your channel

Written by Vicky Le
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Taking attendance

Use Nectir polls to quickly take attendance for your class

Written by Vicky Le
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Pinning a message

Pin a message on your Nectir channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Starring a message

Star a message so you can easily access it later on

Written by Vicky Le
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Deleting a message

Ways to delete or edit a message on your Nectir channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Pruning messages

Prune or bulk delete messages in a Nectir channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Users

Sending an invite link for your channel

Quickly invite users to your private channel by sending an invite link.

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Adding users to a channel

All the ways to add users into your Nectir channel or discussion

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Removing a user from channel

Remove a user from a Nectir channel

Written by Vicky Le
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Setting member permissions

Different types of user permissions & how to set them

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Channel discussions

What is a discussion

Use discussions for breakouts and to keep conversations from cluttering the main channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Creating a discussion

Create a breakout discussion within your class channel

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago

Adding user to a channel or discussion

All the ways to add a user to a Nectir channel or discussion

Written by Vicky Le
Updated over a week ago