Managing Conversations and Participants

This article explains how to manage conversation settings and participants in eKool conversations. These options are available to users who have permission to manage the conversation (for example, the conversation creator or school staff).

Web

Conversation Settings

1. Open the conversation.
2. Click the conversation settings icon (i)
3. Select Conversation settings.

You can change the following settings:

• Change conversation info: Edit the title and profile image
• Clear conversation: Delete posts from your own view. Others will still see them
• Leave conversation: Remove yourself from the chat. If you're the only admin, assign someone else before leaving
• Disable replies: Turn off replies for announcements
• Mute conversation: Turn off notifications
• Archive conversation: Move it to your archive view. It won't disappear for others
• Download conversation: Save the conversation as a file

Good to know!

In private chats and conversations where you are a participant, not all chat settings are available.

 

Managing Participants

1. Click the participants icon (shows the number of users in the chat) next to chat title
2. A list of participants appears (you, as the admin, are not shown)
3. Click the three-dot menu next to a user to:

• Send a private message
• Promote them to conversation admin (only for chats, not announcements)
• Remove them from the chat

4. Close the participant menu when done

Good to know!

You can't assign additional administrators in announcements—only in regular conversations.

 

 

 

Mobile

Conversation Settings

1. Open the conversation.
2. Click on the title of the conversation.

You can change the following settings:

• Change conversation info: Edit the title and profile image
• Clear conversation: Delete posts from your own view. Others will still see them
• Leave conversation: Remove yourself from the chat. If you're the only admin, assign someone else before leaving
• Delete conversation: only for yourself
• Delete conversation for everyone
• Disable replies: Turn off replies and turn regular chat to an announcement
• Enable replies: Turn on replies and turn announcement to an regular chat
• Mute conversation: Turn off notifications
• Archive conversation: Move it to your archive view. It won't disappear for others
• Download conversation: Save the conversation as a file

Good to know!

In private chats and conversations where you are a participant, not all chat settings are available.

 

Managing Participants

1. Click the three-dot menu next to chat title
2. Press Members in group
3. A list of participants appears (you, as the admin, are not shown)
4. Click the three-dot menu next to a user to:

• Send a private message
• Promote them to conversation admin (only for chats, not announcements)
• Remove them from the chat

4. Close the participant menu when done