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Designation	TUchat
Internet address	https://www.it.tuwien.ac.at/services/kooperation-und-kommunikation/collaboration/tuchat/
Direct entry	chat.tuwien.ac.at
Type of tool	chat service
Account-Application
Costs	no costs
Accessibility

Brief description

With TUchat, we offer you a professional chat service for communication and collaboration in teams and individual conversations respectively. You can share texts, formulas (KaTeX), files, pictures or videos.

Definitions

Channel
- labbelled by hash #
- the furthermost "outer" room in a chat
Discussion
- labelled by two speech bubbles
- "Sub room" in a channel
Ad hoc discussion
- When someone answers directly (in a channel or in a discussion), a new discussion will be opened automatically. This is called an ad hoc discussion. Answers are displayed with a blue button "x Replys" (when using the web browser). They open up in their own "room". In the web browser, this room can be directly next to the (main) discussion/channel
Thread
- Answers / Replys
- All answers in a channel or statements in a discussion

Examples of use

arranging consultation hours
Short feedback from students
Brainstorming and exchanging thoughts with students and colleagues from TU Wien

Access

TUchat can be accessed in your web browser directly through the link https://chat.tuwien.ac.at/.

Desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux can be downloaded here. (Please do NOT use the Internet Explorer for download!)

The native mobile app Rocket.Chat+ for Android and iOS are available at Google Play and the App Store respectively.

When logging in using the app the server „chat.tuwien.ac.at“ must be inserted.

Log in is effected through Single Sign On (TU-Account).

Instructions

Instructions on how to use Rocket Chat can be found at https://rocket.chat/docs/

Integration of upTUdate groups

To integrate an upTUdate group in TUchat, the following steps are necessary: Integration upTUdate Gruppen

Further Information

TUchat at the TU.it website