Notetaking and highlighting messages within chat channels

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• a communications interface;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium and the communications interface, the processor configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
• establish, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel for exchanging chat messages between a first plurality of client devices;
• receive, by the video conference provider, an indication to annotate one or more messages within the first chat channel and a type of annotation;
• generate, by the video conference provider, an annotation associated with the one or more messages within the first chat channel based on the indication based on the type of annotation;
• and
• store, by the video conference provider, the annotation associated with the one or more messages within the first chat channel.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:

• establish, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel for exchanging chat messages between a first plurality of client devices;
• receive, by the video conference provider, an indication to annotate one or more messages within the first chat channel and a type of annotation;
• generate, by the video conference provider, an annotation associated with the one or more messages within the first chat channel based on the indication based on the type of annotation;
• and
• store, by the video conference provider, the annotation associated with the one or more messages within the first chat channel.