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title: "Element Web (Browser)"
date: 2020-07-15T16:46:07+02:00
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## Using the Element webclient
Start here: [https://chat.fbi.h-da.de](https://chat.fbi.h-da.de)

No registration is necessary, the service works immediately by clicking on "Sign in" on the homepage [**https://chat.fbi.h-da.de**](https://chat.fbi.h-da.de).

The drop-down menu "Log in with:" should be left at "User name". Then the following entries must be made:
**Username: University-Login** (only the University-Login, no e-mail address!)
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An alternative login, e.g. using the e-mail address, is *NOT* possible during the first, initial login, only after the second login.
After the first login there is also no e-mail / confirmation mail.
Analogous to e-mail addresses, this results in Matrix addresses with the following structure:
If you want to start immediately with the common available [Matrix Client](https://app.element.io/#/login) instead of the above mentioned website (Element Web-App installed at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences), it is important to change the home server from the default matrix.org to matrix.fbi.h-da.de (shown in the following three screenshots)

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1. click on "Edit"
2. Enter the matrix home server address of the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
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3. Click "Continue" to fill in theyour credentials fitting the description for the Element chat client in chapter "First Steps".
Recommend browsers are [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/new/), [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium), and newer versions of MS Edge (based on Chromium). Older or unsuitable browsers may only show a white page.
Many people use script blockers to protect themselves from tracking and malware in the browser, i.e. with [NoScript](https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/noscript/). Change the following settings (for the integration manager, e.g. Jitsi/Etherpad)

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Source: TU Dresden
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