OpenVidu application tailored for teaching activities.
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This app is a fork of OpenVidu Call. In addition to everything to what Call offers there are a few new functionalities and restrictions that make it suited for online teaching:
- Login/logout.
- User roles for each room: Moderator, presenter and participant.
- Invite links.
- Chat for all assistants and chat for moderators only.
- Ability too see all assistants in a room.
- Ability to raise the hand.
- Whiteboard.
- Session recording.
- REST API to facilitate integration with other systems.
- Configurable colors and images.
In the app there are 2 user roles: Admins and users. Currently the only thing that only admins can do is create rooms.
Rooms are where the videoconference/classes will take place. For each room there are 3 user roles: Moderators, presenters and participants. Moderators and presenters can stream (publish) video and audio, participants can only watch and listen (subscribe) to it. A user who is moderator of at least one room is admin in the system. The following animations explain in detail how to use these functionalities, and who can do each of them.
Here we see the login process. Just a username and a password are needed. After the login we see the dashboard containing all the rooms the user is in, and the role they have in them.
In this animation we see how moderators get either of the invite links from the dashboard. Then they would have to share this link to give other users access to the room. Once they have gained access they don't need to use this link again. Each link would grant a different role to those who use it: moderator, presenter or participant.
Now we see how admins can create new rooms. Only the name of the room is needed. After it is created, the user navigates to it and is made a moderator (and the only user in it for now, obviously). Before entering the actual room we see a dialog that lets as choose the input camera, microphone, screenshare and avatar.
Moderators can also get the invite links from the settings component in the room itself.
Here we can see where new users go when using the invite link. They have the option to either login if they already have an account or create a new one as shown. Then we see that, because the invite link was a participant one the user cannot send video or audio stream (and therefore cannot choose a mic or cam) and can only see the moderator's video.
At the top right corner the user can open the menu, which contains:
- The chat for all the assistants of the room.
- The chat for moderators (only if the user is a moderator).
- A list of all the assistants of the room, their roles and whether they are connected at the moment or not.
- The settings where moderators can get the invite links, start/stop recordings and open the whiteboard.
In the next gif we see the button that makes the user raise their hand. The button displays a number of the position in the queue of people who are raising their hand. Then we see the actual popup. Moderators can lower the hand of other people. If there are multiple people with their hand raised only the name of the first one is displayed (hence the queue).
Now we can see the other two kinds of popups: a user who just connected/disconnected and a new chat message.
In the next gif we can see how moderators can start and stop a recording.
Here we can see how to access the previous recordings of a room. It can only be done from the dashboard, or with the URL {roomName}/video/{videoId}
In this gif we see how moderators can open, use and close the whiteboard.
Lastly, we see the border that appears when someone is speaking, as well as the mic color changing in the assistants tab. If the cam or mic were to be off the icons would indicate it too.
- Roles and role-restricted functionalities
- Users are divided into moderators, presenters and assistants
- Invite links
- Moderators can get invite links to give to new users for them to enter the room
- Chat
- A chat for all the assistans of a room and a chat for moderators only
- Pop ups
- When a user joins or leaves the session and chat messages
- Ability to "raise the hand"
- Pop up to get the moderator's attention
- Basic session recording
- Video only recordings with composed layout
- Whiteboard
- A whiteboard where moderators can draw and all other assistants will see it
- Full fledged session recording including chat, whiteboard, popups...
- Using the external custom layout for OpenVidu recordings
- Complete API to allow for integrations with other systems
- Invite links don't require creating a new account
- Subtle indications of a user speaking
- Configurable colors and logo
- Actual moderation and role changes
Note that this roadmap may change throughout development.
For information on how to deploy the app CLICK HERE.
For information on how to develop the app CLICK HERE.
For information on the configuration properties CLICK HERE.
For information on the REST API CLICK HERE.