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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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=== Hardware === | === Hardware === | ||
Discord can be heavy on the GPU when hardware acceleration is enabled. Especially during video calls with multiple people. One way to solve this is is to force Discord to use your discrete GPU (if available) on your operating system. Otherwise to turn off hardware acceleration in the Discord settings (Voice & Video > advanced). | Discord can be heavy on the GPU when hardware acceleration is enabled. Especially during video calls with multiple people. One way to solve this is is to force Discord to use your discrete GPU (if available) on your operating system. Otherwise to turn off hardware acceleration in the Discord settings (Voice & Video > advanced). | ||
=== We have some friendly bots! === | |||
Our Discord server has two bots installed: 1) carl-bot (for reaction roles and [https://docs.carl.gg/utilities/starboard/ bookmarking] of messages), and 2) a [[WikiBot]] for archiving of materials from Discord to this Wiki. | |||
== Notifications == | |||
{{Message | |||
|Author=sneakers-the-rat | |||
|Avatar=https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/305044217393053697/2970b22bd769d0cd0ee1de79be500e85.png?size=1024 | |||
|Date Sent=22-11-01 00:03:06 | |||
|Channel=wikibot | |||
|Text=I would suggest turning [[Discord#Notifications]] off for this channel. on mobile click the person looking icon in the top right and then the notification options are near the top. on desktop there should be a bell-looking icon along the top row of icons | |||
|Link=https://discord.com/channels/1029514961782849607/1036778158122344448/1036792464972992532 | |||
}} | |||