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    • black3dynamite
      black3dynamite last edited by

      I'm curious if anyone ever used applications like Mattermost and RocketChat in a college environments?

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      • jmoore
        jmoore @black3dynamite last edited by

        @black3dynamite i have not but that is why I am going to check them out because, i too, am in a college environment.

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        • coliver
          coliver last edited by

          RocketChat also includes a screen sharing piece.

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          • Kelly
            Kelly last edited by

            What do you anticipate would make those tools different in a college environment compared to a regular place of business? Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

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            • black3dynamite
              black3dynamite @Kelly last edited by

              @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

              Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

              For staff and maybe faculty too.

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              • Kelly
                Kelly @black3dynamite last edited by

                @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                For staff and maybe faculty too.

                At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller @Kelly last edited by

                  @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                  @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                  @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                  Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                  For staff and maybe faculty too.

                  At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

                  Rocket.chat is nothing like SfB. It's actually useful for groups, whereas SfB is not. It's like Teams, not like SfB.

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                  • black3dynamite
                    black3dynamite @Kelly last edited by

                    @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                    @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                    @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                    Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                    For staff and maybe faculty too.

                    At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

                    We are also using Office 365 but as of right now its only available to students, IT and some staff and faculty users. It will eventually be available to all staff and faculty. But in meantime, I would like to have something setup for the location that I support.

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                    • coliver
                      coliver @Kelly last edited by

                      @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                      @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                      @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                      Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                      For staff and maybe faculty too.

                      At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

                      We're using SfB now. It's a replacement for AIM. Not sure how I feel about it yet. Not stable and it drops messages.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller @coliver last edited by

                        @coliver said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                        @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                        @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                        @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                        Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                        For staff and maybe faculty too.

                        At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

                        We're using SfB now. It's a replacement for AIM. Not sure how I feel about it yet. Not stable and it drops messages.

                        AIM is a good comparison. Places still using AIM should be okay with SfB. that's definitely the target audience.

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                        • Dashrender
                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                          Rocket.chat is nothing like SfB. It's actually useful for groups, whereas SfB is not. It's like Teams, not like SfB.

                          How is it better for groups?

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                          • jmoore
                            jmoore last edited by

                            I like the groups in slack. Why do you not like them?

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                            • Kelly
                              Kelly @scottalanmiller last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                              @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                              @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                              @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                              Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                              For staff and maybe faculty too.

                              At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

                              Rocket.chat is nothing like SfB. It's actually useful for groups, whereas SfB is not. It's like Teams, not like SfB.

                              We used it for group chats without much problem. That said, Mattermost is much better for group chat.

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                              • Kelly
                                Kelly @Dashrender last edited by

                                @dashrender said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                Rocket.chat is nothing like SfB. It's actually useful for groups, whereas SfB is not. It's like Teams, not like SfB.

                                How is it better for groups?

                                The Slack-like products are designed around group chat and have individual functionality. SfB was designed the other way around.

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                                • Dashrender
                                  Dashrender @Kelly last edited by

                                  @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                  @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                  @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                  @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                  Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                                  For staff and maybe faculty too.

                                  At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

                                  Rocket.chat is nothing like SfB. It's actually useful for groups, whereas SfB is not. It's like Teams, not like SfB.

                                  We used it for group chats without much problem. That said, Mattermost is much better for group chat.

                                  I use consumer skype for group chat monthly with any issues, I'm curious what's better about Slack or anything else?
                                  just trying to learn.

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                                  • Kelly
                                    Kelly @Dashrender last edited by

                                    @dashrender said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                    @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                    @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                    @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                    @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                    Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                                    For staff and maybe faculty too.

                                    At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

                                    Rocket.chat is nothing like SfB. It's actually useful for groups, whereas SfB is not. It's like Teams, not like SfB.

                                    We used it for group chats without much problem. That said, Mattermost is much better for group chat.

                                    I use consumer skype for group chat monthly with any issues, I'm curious what's better about Slack or anything else?
                                    just trying to learn.

                                    Skype for Business has nothing in common with Skype other than the name, and maybe some back end. It is much more of a point to point chat client where you can create a chat between a group of people. It does support group chat to an extent, but that feels bolted on. Slack-likes are oriented around groups, both public and private. They do support point to point, but it is more about the group than the individual.

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                                    • JaredBusch
                                      JaredBusch @Kelly last edited by

                                      @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                      @dashrender said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                      @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                      @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                      @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                      @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                      Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                                      For staff and maybe faculty too.

                                      At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

                                      Rocket.chat is nothing like SfB. It's actually useful for groups, whereas SfB is not. It's like Teams, not like SfB.

                                      We used it for group chats without much problem. That said, Mattermost is much better for group chat.

                                      I use consumer skype for group chat monthly with any issues, I'm curious what's better about Slack or anything else?
                                      just trying to learn.

                                      Skype for Business has nothing in common with Skype other than the name, and maybe some back end. It is much more of a point to point chat client where you can create a chat between a group of people. It does support group chat to an extent, but that feels bolted on. Slack-likes are oriented around groups, both public and private. They do support point to point, but it is more about the group than the individual.

                                      Skype for business has nothing to do with Skype at all. It is Lync

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                                      • scottalanmiller
                                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender last edited by

                                        @dashrender said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                        @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                        @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                        @black3dynamite said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                        @kelly said in Using Mattermost or RocketChat in a college environment:

                                        Are you thinking for staff and faculty, or for students (as well)?

                                        For staff and maybe faculty too.

                                        At my previous job we used Lync/Skype for Business pretty heavily. Having it be integrated and free along with the rest of Office365 made it really usable. Some of the teams readily adopted it. Others...not so much. Faculty adoption was directly proportional to their familiarity with technology and relationship with my boss. It was a great tool overall, especially since we had 6 sites spread over a 100 mile radius. I'm guessing your experience with Mattermost/Rocket.chat would be similar.

                                        Rocket.chat is nothing like SfB. It's actually useful for groups, whereas SfB is not. It's like Teams, not like SfB.

                                        We used it for group chats without much problem. That said, Mattermost is much better for group chat.

                                        I use consumer skype for group chat monthly with any issues, I'm curious what's better about Slack or anything else?
                                        just trying to learn.

                                        Team functionality is the big thing.

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                                        • A
                                          alanrafael10 last edited by

                                          I know it's designed for gamers, but Discord it's awesome. It has great features, including group text, voice and video chat (video chat up to 10 users), screen sharing, mobile app. And it is free. Maybe someone here could find it useful.

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                                          • JaredBusch
                                            JaredBusch last edited by

                                            I cannot remember it off the top of my head, but I do recall reading something where there are issues with discord.

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