Your Discord Account

Found in the bottom-left corner of the Discord window, near your name, left-click on the gear (⚙) icon. Note: to exit any Settings page, press ESC

• There are many ways you can personalize your account. Here, we will only highlight a few key details. For more info on Account Settings, please visit Account Settings on Discord’s support page.

• We highly recommend that new users start by changing their User Settings under Privacy & Safety to the following settings:

  • Under SAFE DIRECT MESSAGING, select the “Keep me safe” option for Discord to scan and delete direct messages that contain explicit media content. Choose these options at your discretion.

  • Under WHO CAN ADD YOU AS A FRIEND, switch off all three options (Everyone, Friends of Friends, and Server Members).

  • You may change the above settings at any time once you have become more comfortable and familiar with Discord.

• Discord also has some accessibility options in the App Settings under Appearance.

  • Some of these options include Chat Font Size, Space Between Message Groups, and Zoom Level.

  • For mouse-free useage, you can add Keybinds for shortcuts not already set (please visit [Windows] Discord Hotkeys on Discord’s support page for more info).

  • Under Notifications, you can turn on Text-To-Speech notifications as well as turn off sound indicators for specific Discord actions.

There are tons of channels on our server! To keep you from being overwhelmed with notifications, we recommend “muting” the server by following these steps:

• Right-click the Server Icon (the circle with the yellow and white roadrunner--see The Server List information category below if you can’t find it).

• Select “Notification Settings.” A new window should appear.

• Turn on “Mute LBCC Virtual Learning Center,” and select under Mute duration, “Until I turn it back on.”

• Left-click “Done” to save this setting.

• If you would like to receive notifications for any particular channel (for example, #math-111), right-click the channel, and select Notifications and check the “All Messages” box. Note: Server Default is “Only @mentions.”

• You can also “Mute” a category or specific channel following the above steps for muting the server. In addition to not receiving notifications of unread messages from these channels, this will darken the name of the category or channel, and muted categories will remain minimized until they are unmuted.

You have control over what you hear and who can message you!

• If you are in a voice chat with a group, and an unwanted/rude member refuses to leave, you can right-click on that member’s name in the channel and check the “Mute” box. (You can also increase or decrease that member’s volume this way).

• If a member or other user is sending you unwanted messages, you can block them by right-clicking the member’s name anywhere you see it (Member List, Voice Channel, Chat Channel, Direct Messages) and left-clicking “Block.”

• Please report any harassment that you witness or experience from/on our server or through direct messages from LBCC members!

  • Save screenshots of any incident if you can.

  • You can report any witnessed or experienced incidents at this link: http://linnbenton-advocate.symplicity.com/public_report

  • We do accept anonymous reports, but we can better investigate if we have a named source. We do our best to protect identities of those who report.

Found on your “Home” screen.

• Like channels, your private conversations, or Direct Messages (DMs), can be found on the left-hand side of your Home screen.

  • Your conversations are labelled with the name(s) of the person or people you are chatting with. (See The Members List section for how to start DMs from the server).

• You can start a group conversation with Friends on Discord…

  • “New Group DM” at the top-right corner of your home screen (while in the “Friends” tab), or...

  • “Create DM” (+) icon next to DIRECT MESSAGES on the left-hand side of the home screen or...

  • selecting the “Add Friends to DM” icon at the top of an open conversation.

• You can start voice or video calls with your DMs by selecting the phone or camera icons at the top of the chat (to the left of the “Add Friends to DM” icon).