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 ====== Mattermost ====== ====== Mattermost ======
  
-Mattermost is a team-chat service (a free and open source alternative to e.g. slack.com ). You might use this to chat generally with students, faculty, and alumni of JMUCS, or with clubs or other special interests (such as professors' research labs). You can sign in with your JMU EID by:+Mattermost is a team-chat service (a free and open source alternative to e.g. slack.com, discordapp.com, teams.microsoft.com ). You might use this to chat generally with students, faculty, and alumni of JMUCS, with clubs or other special interests (such as professors' research labs), or to chat with TAs for help with coursework.  
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 +===== Quick Overview ===== 
 +Find a quick tour here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uBzF1K9Sf0 
 +===== Signing Up/Signing In ===== 
 + 
 +You can sign in with your JMU EID by:
   - Going to https://chat.cs.jmu.edu    - Going to https://chat.cs.jmu.edu 
   - clicking "Sign in with: GitLab" (see figure)   - clicking "Sign in with: GitLab" (see figure)
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   - The first time you do this, you may be asked to grant permission. You should do so.   - The first time you do this, you may be asked to grant permission. You should do so.
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 +===== Making the... most of Mattermost 😅=====
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 +==== Channels ====
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 +In Mattermost, channels can be public or private. A "channel" is a group chat that certain people may wish to join (unlike the "Town Square" channel which has EVERYONE in it). See more about channels on the [[https://docs.mattermost.com/help/getting-started/welcome-to-mattermost.html#channels|mattermost documentation]].
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 +==== Customization ====
 +You can customize the color scheme of Mattermost, your notification preferences (on browser, desktop, and mobile), and even your [[https://docs.mattermost.com/help/settings/account-settings.html?highlight=nickname#nickname|nickname]].