Syllabus and Course Documents
Introduction to Discord and Link
Link to Discord Server
Discord How-to
How to Make an Account
You can create an account on the Discord website (https://discord.com/login) or on the app. Feel free to use whatever email you see fit (doesn’t have to be the same one that links you to us).
Security Culture
In our community space, we encourage a culture of knowledge sharing and flowering and informational security. Said differently, everything you learn pedagogically (especially that which enlivens, emboldens, radicalizes you) is not proprietary and should be collectivized and practiced within your own communities. However, the private stories and conversations that transpire organically among your peers should be kept within the trusted walls of our affinity group. As organizer Rania El Mugammar reminds us: What’s said here stays here, what’s learned here leaves here.
With that being said, Discord does not support end-to-end encryption (a method of implementing secure communication that ensures only the sender and the recipient receives what is shared). We therefore encourage you to gauge your own desired anonymity/comfortability using personal information when creating an account and when moving around the community antechambers.
Feel free to follow the video below with instructions on how to create an account: How to Sign Up for a Discord Account: Youtube
Using the Class Server
A reminder that this is a parity-of-power-and control server! You have free reign to share resources on your own accord, start channels, threads, initiate and guide discussions, etc.
What is a server?
A server is a virtual space for online communities. Servers are made up of Text Channels (similar to text group chats), Voice Channels (a place for voice group calls, voice or video) and Forums (similar to subreddit threads or online forums). Our class server will be home to various text and voice channels that will compliment the course material and provide space for having conversations around what we learn through our time together.
Navigating Servers
The website below is a good tool to introduce and move you through Discord commands, shortcuts and navigation systems:
Discord Commands Shortcuts and Navigation Guide
Class Text Channels and Voice Channels Guide
Information Text Channels
- Start here
- This channel will be used as a starting point to the class server. Information on how to navigate the class server will be found here
- Introductions
- This channel is used for introducing yourself to the rest of the class
- Announcements
- Sharing announcements about upcoming classes, changes in location (ex. if classes are to be completely online or in another building)
- Events
- Space to share relevant events. Please be sure to note if the event you share may be unsafe or exclusionary for someone (i.e. if masks are encouraged but not mandatory at the event, if it will be a predominantly white space, etc)
- Questions
- Asking and answering questions posed by one another. None of us know everything but together we know a lot; this will be a space to fulfill this communal prophecy of knowledge sharing and exchange. Don’t hesitate to ask questions that feel like the answer is “obvious.” burden us and burden one another with the labours of understanding and communication
Commune
- Lecture Chat
- Mutual Aid
- Resource Sharing
- Lecture discussion (voice chat)
- Relaxed Space (voice chat)
Library
- Book shelf
- Audio visual shelf
- Articles essays shorts
- Audio book club (voice chat)
- Plain language interpretation (voice chat)
Collaborative Agreements (to be co-made)
Our Values
A non-exhaustive list of what we stand for and up to as a collective and the kinds of bodymindlands we want to engage with here:
No Tolerance Rules
We will not tolerate:
Bigotry of any kind, including but not limited to racism, sexism, gender essentialism, sanism, transphobia, and homophobia
Intentional spreading of misinformation
Harassment of members, encouragement of harassment, etc.
Enduring Guidelines
No one is disposable//everyone is to be held accountable for harm
To hide sensitive content, please use a content/trigger warning (cw or tw) and hide text by using two |’s before and after the content. for example: tw: [insert trigger here] like this
Access Notes
Accessibility Settings Tab:
Find accessibility options in their own tab under User Settings > App Settings > Accessibility. This includes options such as: