New features and dedicated rooms for sessions will make your online educational experience more enjoyable. Some tips for the new room are listed below:

1. Upon entering the Online Learning Center you will now be taken to a Lobby. Once there you will have a chat window and to your left you will see a users list. At the top of this list there will be a button that says "Show Rooms". Click on this button.
2. Now you will see a listing of all the available rooms in the Online Learning Center. There will be some with a key by them to indicate they are password protected rooms. These are used for official NALS business. You will also see a room titled "OnlineLearningCenter" which will be used for all OLC session other than the Online Study Group which will take place in the room titled "StudyGroup". These rooms are not password protected and are open to the public.
3. To go to a room simply double click on the name in the "ShowRooms" window and you will be taken to the desired room. You will see a welcome message and a statement to tell you which room you have entered.
4. Once in the room you will see 9 icons along the bottom of the chat window. These are many of the new added features to the room. You may try them out or just leave them alone and enjoy the session. One that we recommend you use is the icon with 4 outward arrows. This will expand the chat window and give you more screen room to enjoy the session. Also when you click this icon, this page will remain on the screen so you can continue to view these instructions.
5. Those attending an Online Learning Center education session or an Online Study Group session will still need to enter their email address into the chat window so that a transcript of the session can be sent to you.

Simply enter your name and enjoy the session free of charge. You do not need a password to participate.

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