Running a Live Chat

I’m a Geographer has been designed so that other teachers can run the activity for you. Pass on this document to them.

💻 You will need:

  • Login cards for the students (these are supplied by the booking teacher and should be printed from the PDF available on their Dashboard)
  • Computers, laptops, or tablets (one per student or one per pair)

⏰ Read this out to the students before the Chat starts:


  • As a class, we will have a 30 minute live-chat with a variety of different geographers. It’s all text-based, and you can ask the geographers any questions you like.
    • Make sure to check the replies you and your classmates get and, if there’s more you’d like to know about their reply, follow it up with another question.
  • If you didn’t get to ask all your questions you can use the Ask section where you can leave questions at any time for geographers – even the ones that weren’t in your Chat – to reply in their own time.
    • Add an email address to your account in ‘edit your profile’, you’ll get an email when you’ve been answered. 
  • You can also Vote for your favourite geographer. At the end of the term, the geographer with the most votes will win a £500 prize!
    • You can read how the geographers would spend the prize money, on their profiles.


💬 To access the Chat:

  • Students log in at https://imageographer.uk/ using the details on their login cards
  • To join the Chat, click ‘Chat’ at the top of the page
  • The Chat will open 5 minutes before it’s due to start
  • The Moderator will be there to make sure the Chat runs smoothly, and will explain how the Chat will work

🖨️ After the Chat:

  • Once the Chat is finished, students will no longer be able to send messages
  • Tell the students to ask follow-up questions by clicking the Ask link
  • Tell the students to vote for their favourite geographer by clicking the Vote link
  • Students can log out
  • Download to send this information to others

Should you have any questions, or need a hand with anything, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at support@imascientist.org.uk or by calling (+44) 01225 667922.