Learn Telegram
Introduction
Telegram Messenger is a globally accessible freemium, cross-platform, encrypted, cloud-based and centralized instant messaging (IM) service. Telegram can be used in Windows, Linux, Mac Operating systems, it also supports android and iOS platforms.
Basic information
| ICT Competency | Telegram is a cloud based messenger application. It supports synchronization, resulting as you can access your telegram account with several devices at once and share the resources. |
| Educational application and relevance | Telegram as a messenger supports to make groups thereby allowing group communication between students and the faculty. Creating a channel, conducting quiz through poll makes relates it to educational purpose as well. |
| Version | Version - 4.7.1 |
| Configuration | Telegram need to be configured by scanning the device's QR code.
It can be installed on Windows, Ubuntu, MAC OS, Android and iOS. |
| Other similar applications | |
| The application on mobiles and tablets | |
| Development and community help | https://telegram.org |
Overview of Features
With Telegram you can send messages, photos, videos and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc), as well as create groups for up to 2,00,000 people or channels for broadcasting to unlimited audiences. You can write to your phone contacts and find people by their usernames. As a result, Telegram is like SMS and email combined — and can take care of all your personal or business messaging needs. In addition to this, it supports end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls, as well as voice chats in groups for thousands of participants.
Installation
For Ubuntu OS
- In case you do not find it on your computer, you can install by typing Telegram-Desktop on top search bar in Software Centre(App Grid).
- If you would like to install through the terminal follow these steps below:
- Open terminal by clicking Applications->System Tools->Terminal or through Keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+Alt+T - In the terminal window, type below command and press enter to start the installation by providing your machine password:
sudo apt-get install telegram-desktop
- Open terminal by clicking Applications->System Tools->Terminal or through Keyboard shortcut
For Windows OS
To install and use Telegram on your Windows computer, you can follow these steps: 1. Download the Windows x64 option of Telegram-Desktop version from https://desktop.telegram.org/ this link 2. Now go the downloaded path on your computer and double click on "tsetup-x64..." file to begin the installation.
For MAC OS
1. Download the installation file for MAC OS from https://desktop.telegram.org/ this link. 2. When the download is complete, find the downloaded .dmg file and double on click it.
