---
type: concept
title: Streaming Chat
tags: ["communication", "interaction", "elearning", "pexip"]
related: ["hybrid-lecture", "rueckkanaele", "dfnconf-pexip", "dfnconf-pexip-streaming"]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium_lehre_elearning_hybridveranstaltung_vorlesu.md", "output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium_lehre_elearning_streaming_streaming.md"]
---

# Streaming Chat

**Streaming Chat** (also referred to as **Streaming-Chat**) is a real-time, text-based communication channel integrated into the [[dfnconf-pexip]] livestreaming service. In the context of [[hybrid-lecture]] formats, it serves as the primary [[rueckkanaele]] (return channel) for interaction between the instructor/lecturer and the audience (including remote participants and the unlimited audience of a stream).

## Configuration and Usage
- **Activation:** Must be explicitly enabled in the virtual room settings of the streaming service.
- **Management:** Because the chat requires active monitoring, it is recommended to be displayed on a secondary monitor using an "extended" display configuration to avoid interrupting the primary presentation.

## Technical Limitations and Operational Requirements
- **Lack of Integration:** The chat is not embedded within the Pexip-Client room.
- **Operational Requirement:** The lecturer must manually open the chat in a new window via the streaming URL to see and respond to messages.