The Chat and Social Connect Settings let you control how your users interact — from one-to-one chats to social wall posts and comment permissions. Here’s a simple guide to help you configure it right.

Steps to Configure Chat & Social Connect

1. Login to Your Dashboard
   Go to your Nrich Learning admin dashboard and navigate to the Settings section.

2. Open Chat & Social Connect Settings
   Inside the settings page, locate and click Chat & Social Connect Settings to open all communication-related controls.
   
3. Set Chat Permissions
   Choose how chat works in your platform:
   
   • Teachers only — learners can chat only with teachers.

• Teachers and Learners — enables both peer and teacher-student chats.

4. Enable Disappearing Chats (Optional)
   If you want messages to auto-delete, turn ON the Disappearing Chat toggle.
   Then, choose the duration (e.g., 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days).

5. Manage Chat Deletion Rights
   You can decide who can delete chat messages:
   
   • Allow teachers to delete messages.
     
   • Allow students to delete messages (optional).
     Enable these by checking the relevant boxes.

6. Control Who Can Post
   Decide who can share updates in your community feed:
   
   • Admin only — restrict posts to admins.
     
   • Admins & Students — open posting for both roles.

7. Allow or Disable Comments on Posts
   Toggle the Allow Comments setting to enable or disable comments on the social wall or newsfeed.

8. Save Your Changes
   Once done, click Save to apply the configuration.