At the start of the project for the first few days our group had a designated channel in the year groups discord to discuss our tasks and talk to each other and get to know each other better. This was a good solution to get communication going within the group. Below is a screenshot of what this solution looked like.
For this group project it was decided among my team that we would use Discord as our primary outlet of communication. We thought a Discord server would be superior to a group chat on any other platform due to the amount of customisability that Discord servers offer the user. Kalina was kind enough as the group leader to set up the discord server for our group with all of the necessary elements and sections that we would need to keep our group and its progress organised.
Along with being able to have separate channels for each of the parts of the project that each of us were working on we also were able to pin relevant messages to our group for everyone to easily check and see. These usually consisted of messages with summaries of that weeks meeting and the date of the next meeting to make this information easily available to everyone quickly. Below are some screenshots of the sections of the server that we have along with the voice channel where we have our weekly meetings at the bottom along with examples of the pinned messages created by members of the group.
Overall for communication I think that discord was the most appropriate and useful channel that we could have chosen for our group. We are all familiar with how this piece of software works which makes it perfect for us to use it to the best of its capability and make it work for our group. The ability to share work and discuss things related to the group within one space whilst still keeping it in separate channels was really useful for keeping things organised. It also proved useful to have a place to voice and video call in one place along with the ability to share screens with each other to show work we had made or get opinions from other members of the group. I think that our group was able to communicate really well with each other and stay in touch easily which aided with the project a lot.
