Hey everyone, I’ve noticed a few 7Sage study groups that frequently collaborate eventually end up shifting over to Discord, and I’m trying to understand why.
I’m not really a gamer, so Discord isn’t something I’ve ever used much. Is there an actual benefit to using Discord for LSAT study groups, or is it more of a “this is what we’re comfortable with / already have” situation?
The main thing I’m trying to figure out right now is screen sharing and working through questions together where you can use markings. I haven’t actually joined the study group feature on the 7Sage platform yet, so I don’t know what the built-in group calls are like or what features they have.
Ideally, I’d like to be able to pull up a question, share my screen (similar to Zoom), and have everyone mark things up, write on a whiteboard, or otherwise work through the problem together.
Is that something the 7Sage group feature already allows? Or is Discord significantly better for this kind of thing?
Basically, I’m just trying to figure out the best setup before I get too far into organizing the group.
Of note: we start 9/9 if anyone is interested in joining the study group.
If anyone has experience with both 7Sage groups and Discord, I’d appreciate hearing what you prefer and why. - I may reach out and ask more specific questions if you came across a way that worked.
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Discord has a lot of features that I think are pretty good, especially for larger study groups; for example, you can have multiple voice chats and channels so that way a larger group can split off or you can have different purposes for channels/voice chats. There's also a whiteboard app integrated with Discord as well as a screen share feature that you mentioned you wanted. What I like the most is the ability to integrate bots into your server so that way you can add on more features and automation to your liking.
All in all, I've been using Discord before I started studying for the LSAT and joining study groups so there's definitely a "this is what I'm comfortable with" factor. I'd say it's worth looking into if you want a lot of freedom in how you design your study group.
Discord pros from someone whose used it since it came out in 2015:
screenshare
integrated apps
multiple channels in order to control conversations and make sure things dont go off topic
better organization
7sage pros:
more immediately acccessible
good voice chat
everything to do with the lsat is already present there
if the topic of your study group is more general, discord may be a good supplement.