School-level feature — managed within your school portal at
yourschool.deandesk.com.Video walkthrough
This walkthrough uses the real DeanDesk interface with the fictional Northstar Academy demo school and a calm, AI-generated English voice. Payments and outside services are not connected in the demo.
Chat and Discussions are different tabs. Chat is one running conversation for the class. Discussions are separate threaded prompts that can be graded.
Who’s in the chat
Every course has one built-in chat, named after the course (for example, Northstar Science Lab General Chat). It is private to the course:- Course teachers and assistants are added automatically.
- Students are added automatically when they enroll.
Read and send messages
The header shows the chat’s name and a Live label when you’re connected. If it shows Offline, new messages won’t appear until the connection returns; refresh the page if it doesn’t reconnect. Messages from others appear on the left with their name and the time. Your own messages appear on the right, labeled You.1
Write a message
Type in the message box at the bottom. Press Shift + Enter for a new line.
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Attach files (optional)
Click the paper clip (Attach files) to add up to five files: images (JPEG, PNG, WebP), videos (MP4, MOV, WebM), PDFs, or Word documents.
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Send it
Press Enter or click the send button.