# Chat

Teachers can enable or disable chat functions including all *Chat*, *Inter-student Chat*, and *Student Replies (One-way Chat)*. When *Chat* is disabled, Students can still engage in conversation with the Teacher through asking questions.

![The teacher can configure the chat settings, controlling whether or not a student can chat, student can reply to the teacher, and whether or not the students can chat with each other.](/files/XjbzI2m5pabdKLiapdJi)

1. Click *Chat* from the left-hand menu.
2. Click the switch to enable/disable the *Disable chat* option.
3. Click the switch to enable/disable the *Disable inter-student chat* option.
4. Click the switch to enable/disable the *Disable student replies (One-way chat)* option.
5. Click *Save* or *Save and Apply*.


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