Our Gitter chat, previewed below, is a great place to learn, discuss, and collaborate with other members to build a better Open Learning Exchange platform. The chat lets OLE’s development team and interns communicate easily, and signup is simply through each member’s Github account.
<iframe src="https://gitter.im/open-learning-exchange/chat/~embed" style="width: 100%;border:none;height:70vh;"></iframe>Communication is key in every collaborative project, and OLE is no different. Gitter provides tight integration with Github and provides full rich text support through Markdown, an important tool for clean, efficient communication. Combining these features allows members to mention other members in a message, format text, share images and code, and directly link to Github issues and repositories.
To add images in the chat, just drag the image from your directory to the browser context and drop it in the messaging area or simply use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to paste your image.
As you complete the First Steps, we want you to keep us updated a relatively good amount in the Gitter chat. Generally, you should comment in the Gitter chat when you make an issue or pull request, and then link to it. Make a mention (@name) of someone when you comment on their issue/pull request, then link to it. For example: "Hey @dogi, just commented on your issue: open-learning-exchange#15
This good etiquette helps streamline communication between internship candidates and staff members alike! Feel free to look through the chat for more examples.
Click here for the full Gitter chat page. We also encourage the use of Gitter chat apps, downloadable here for Windows, OSX, Linux, Android and iPhone!