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== About ==
== About ==
Discord is a platform for text and video chat. We'll be using it before the workshop to seed project ideas in tables, and during the workshop for groups to communicate both asynchronously and in real time.  
Discord is a platform for text and video chat. We'll be using it before the workshop to seed project ideas in tables (instantiated as text and voice channels on the Discord server), and during the workshop for groups to communicate both asynchronously and in real time.  


Join here: https://discord.gg/TpPkYRr2kW
Join here: https://discord.gg/TpPkYRr2kW
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=== What is a Discord channel? ===
=== What is a Discord channel? ===
Channels come in two forms: text channels (#) or voice/video channels (📢).  
Channels come in two forms: text channels (#) or voice/video channels (📢). By default, any participant can join/participate in any channel.  
[[File:Discord channels.png|none|thumb|Example channels on our Discord: text channels and voice channels (user Joel Chan is "in" the 📢 table-1 voice channel)]]
[[File:Discord channels.png|none|thumb|Example channels on our Discord: text channels and voice channels (user Joel Chan is "in" the 📢 table-1 voice channel)]]


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