Using the Class Discord
In lieu of an in-person class, we’ll be interacting with each other through an app called Discord.
Discord is a platform for text chatting, voice chatting, and screen sharing.
In particular, course office hours are held via Discord, if you are a Full Course Subscriber.
Your professor will be available for public questions, or one-on-one and small group chats by text, voice, or video.
The office hours for this class are:
Tuesday and Thursday 10am-11am PST
I will often be willing to hop on Discord and help out at other times, and I will answer text chat questions regularly throughout every day!
Join the server
When you subscribe to this class on Patreon, you will be automatically invited to the Discord server.
When you enter the server, you will be given some suggestions to get started.
We recommend you click through these - and in particular, it is probably a good idea to download the desktop version of Discord, and perhaps to install it on your phone if you wish.
Set up your account
Verify your email
To use this Discord server, you must have a verified email.
Nobody (including your professors) will be able to see this email.
This is simply to keep the server from being overrun by temporary accounts.
Create your identity
The first thing you should do is decide what name and picture you would like to use.
We would like to strongly encourage you to use your real name and picture, so that we can get to know you. However, if you prefer to remain anonymous, you are free to do so.
(Please do not be like Regina and use the name of another real person, however!
This kind of impersonation will result in a permanent ban from the server.)
Decide about privacy and notifications
The default settings on the channel are probably just fine for you.
Feel free to make any changes that work for you, though.
You can change your message notifications:
You can edit your privacy settings, although most things are already private:
Connect other apps
You can connect other apps to Discord, either for productivity or just for fun.
I have connected my Spotify, so you can listen along with my music and/or judge my taste.