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Fill in the Rules Channel

You can write your own rules, or you might like to use the following template as a guide.

:straight_ruler: ***SERVER RULES*** **:name_badge: 1. Set your nickname to your real name (first name only) and UTAS username, so staff can easily identify you and help you properly** • Example: Lindsay (lfwells) • You can set this by right-clicking your username on the right, and choosing *Profile*. **:raised_hands: 2. Be Respectful** • No provocation and baiting. • No racist, discriminating, or otherwise non-inclusive behaviour. • Respect each other's privacy. • No religious or political discussions. **:newspaper: 3. No Advertisement / Spam** • No advertising products, services, etc. DM ads strictly prohibited. • No spamming the chat with pointless messages and/or memes outside of off-topic. **:family: 4. Code / Work Sharing** • You are encouraged to share your progress often and help each other with bugs or problems. • You may share small code snippets and screenshots of your work to ask for help from staff or other students. **:underage: 5. No NSFW Posts** • No inappropriate discussions or images. Keep it clean. • If you have to ask if its NSFW, it is. **:teacher: 6. Staff Words are Final** • No arguing with staff. • Staff reserve the rights to remove any content at their own discretion. **:mortar_board: 7. This is a Safe Space for Learning** • This is an open space for learning. Feel free to ask as many questions as you like. • Don't be afraid to ask for help. • Don't shame or berate someone for not knowing something. **:mobile_phone: 8. DMs** • Search the Discord to see if your question has already been answered first. • Consider asking your question to the whole class on Discord before DM-ing or emailing staff. • Be sure to check staff Discord Status (top-right of user list), and don't expect an answer straight away.

Copy Rules Template

The text above can paste directly into Discord, and the emoji should appear. You may like to adjust these rules:

• You might not like the nickname format in (1), or care about the students using their names.
• Rule (4) is for programming units, adjust as needed.
• You should set your own ground rules for how students contact you via discord in rule (8).

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Enable Community Server

Turning your server into a Community Server allows you to have a welcome screen, and a more advanced rules channel.

This setting, like the other options in this section can be found under the Server Settings page, accessible from the top-left corner.

On the Server Settings page, choose Enable Community on the left-hand side. Then click Get Started

Follow the steps in the wizard. You need to enable all options to continue. You'll need to select the #rules channel from the dropdown list.

Once this is complete, it is recommended to add a short description on the Community Server settings page. This will appear on the Welcome Screen (see below).

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Set Up a Welcome Screen

When students first join your server, you can show them a welcome screen like the one below:

On the Server Settings page, choose Welcome Screen on the left-hand side. Then click Set Up Membership Screening. Then click Get Started.

You will be prompted to add a recommended channel for people to visit, along with a description. See the picture above for examples. Make it pretty, by clicking the emoji icon.

Once you are done, be sure to click Enable on the Welcome Screen settings page.

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Set Up a Membership Screening (Rules Popup)

After the welcome screen, you can prevent students from posting until they have accepted the server rules:

On the Server Settings page, choose Membership Screening on the left-hand side. Then click Set Up Welcome Screen.

You will be prompted to enter in each individual rule. You may want to copy and paste from the rules post you set up earlier.

Currently, screening is just acceptance of the rules, but in the future Discord will add additional features to the screening page.

Once you are done, be sure to click Enable on the Membership Screening settings page.

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Create a Campus and Pronouns Selector

Students can be given roles to categorise them. You can send notifications to groups of students using this method (e.g. by tagging @Launceston role). You can also see roles on a student's profile (e.g. maybe you can see that they have chosen their preferred pronouns, so you can communicate better with them). You can even give people with specific roles access to special channels.

You and other adminstrators can assign roles by right-clicking a student's name, however sometimes you may want students to select their own roles. This can be done using the /role_select_message command:

/role_select_message Command

(ADMIN ONLY) Provides users with buttons to self-assign themselves to roles (e.g. Select Campus)

message	The prompt to show users above the role select buttons. - (required)
role_1	Name of the first role button to appear (role will be automatically created if not found). - (required)
role_2	Name of second role button to appear (role will be automatically created if not found).
role_3	Name of third role button to appear (role will be automatically created if not found).
role_4	Name of fourth role button to appear (role will be automatically created if not found).
role_5	Name of fifth role button to appear (role will be automatically created if not found).
response_message	Custom response to show a user after they click a button. Will only appear for that user.
limit_to_one	Prevent users from selecting more than one option (if they do, roles are switched). Default: TRUE

Here are some examples of how you can use this command -- I like to post them in the #rules channel for visibility, as this is the first channel students see.

/role_select_message message: Select your campus! role_1: Hobart role_2: Launceston role_3: Online response_message: Thanks, and welcome! Now, make sure your server nickname is set correctly (**FirstName (username)**), then why not introduce yourself?

/role_select_message message: (OPTIONAL) Select your preferred pronouns if you like. These will be visible on your profile to staff and students. role_1: She/Her role_2: He/Him role_3: They/Them response_message: Thanks! Doing this helps make the server more inclusive, and helps me communicate with everyone better ❤️‍🔥 limit_to_one: false

For more information on roles, see Role Management 101 (Discord Support Article).

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Additional Channel Ideas

The given template has most of the channels you might need, but here are some suggestions for channels you could add:

• #suggestions -- Allow students to provide feedback on the unit/Discord
• #reminders -- Remind students about specific deadlines etc (e.g. tag people who haven't completed the weekly quiz etc.)

You might like to have channels which students can see but cannot post in. The best approach to this is to create an Announcement channel in the Create Channel popup. You can have as many announcement channels as you like, and can name them whatever you like.