Spark Conference Rooms
Spark also offers the ability to create or join conference rooms, enabling you to chat with groups of your friends at once.
- To join a public conference room, go to Conferences (single-click) → conference.im.uchicago.edu (double-click). Double-click on your conference room to join it. If your room is not listed, then it either does not exist or is private (see next).
- To join a private conference room, go to Conferences (single-click) → conference.im.uchicago.edu (double-click) → Create or Join Room. Enter the name of your private room in "Room Name", enter a topic (optional) and enter a password (if applicable) then click on "Create". You may be asked to enter your nickname, which is your CNetID by default, but you can change it if you wish.
- To create a new conference room, go to
Conferences (single-click) → conference.im.uchicago.edu (double-click)
→ Create or Join Room. Enter the name of your room then click
"Create" to create the room. There are several options available to you
when creating a new conference room:
- Enter the same password in both "Password" and "Confirm Password" to require a password when joining the conference room.
- Check "Room is permanent" to keep the conference room on the server after all users have left it. NOTE: If this is used in conjunction with a password, and the password is forgotten, then the room will need to be deleted by the IM administrators and recreated once this is done.
Last updated: 8/30/06
