A step by step guide on how to start chatting within MakaChat


 

Step 1: Login to your Makaton account on makaton.org.

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Step 2: Click on MakaChat 

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Step 3: To start and post a discussion, click on any of the discussions buttons from the home page. 


 


Step 4: 

  1. Select discussion and community you'd the post to
  2. Create a Discussion subject
  3. Type your discuss in the main body text field. 
  4. If you have a picture or video you can either drag and drop it into the area or add an attachment. 
  5. Select "Post" to share the discussion to the community


You can also click on the discussion and Questions tabs to see what other discussions and questions that have been asked and join in or help answer questions from other community members.  


 

NOTE: There’s lots of functionality including adding hyperlinks and formatting your message so it's up to you as to how technical or non-technical you get. Sometimes it's best to keep it simple?