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Forked from https://sourceforge.net/projects/bigbluebuttonil/

About

This is a ILIAS Plugin which allows the creation of BigBlueButton Virtual Classrooms inside of ILIAS.

Prerequisites

BBB

At first you need a working installation of BigBlueButton http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/.
The following data from BBB is required to configure this ILIAS Plugin:

  • public/private URL: e.g. https://bbb.myserver.com:9000/bigbluebutton/
  • BBB security salt

Note: To use this plugin you need at least BigBlueButton version 2.3 or higher.

ILIAS

It is assumed you already have a ILIAS Intallation up and running.

Installation

ILIAS 5.4, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x

On your ILIAS Server:

Note: it is assumed that you'already in ILIAS web root directory

  • mkdir -p Customizing/global/plugins/Services/Repository/RepositoryObject
  • cd Customizing/global/plugins/Services/Repository/RepositoryObject
  • git clone https://github.com/Minervis-GmbH/BigBlueButton-Ilias-Plugin.git BigBlueButton/
  • cd BigBlueButton
  • log in to ILIAS as administrator and go to the administration page
  • select Plugins in the menu on the right (for ILIAS6.x and above go to Administration>Extending ILIAS>Plugins)
  • look for BigBlueButton from the table of plugins and click a drop down button
  • install and activate
  • now hit the configure link and enter your

    • public or private server URL : {PROTOCOL}://{SERVER_ADDRESS}{:PORT}/{BBB_SUBPATH}/. Where

    • BBB security salt

    • Choose, if record the session should be allowed, or not

  • finally you can create "Bigbluebutton" Virtual Classrooms as regular repository object Note: If the server is not reachable, during configuration a message will be displayed. After correcting the error, make sure to press the save button twice.

Notes

  • In ILIAS 8 you had to build plugin artifacts before you can be able to install the plugin. You can follow the guidelines in the ILIAS 8 setup documentation.
  • It is recommended to refresh languages if you use the guest feature.

Compatibility

Tested with ILIAS

  • 5.4.x
  • 6.0
  • 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
  • 7.x
  • 8.x