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Jephte Abijuru edited this page Jul 30, 2021 · 1 revision

Prerequisites

BBB

At first you need a working installation of BigBlueButton https://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

ILIAS

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

Installation

ILIAS <= 5.2

On your ILIAS Server:

  • copy the content of this folder into <ILIAS_directory>/Customizing/global/plugins/Services/Repository/RepositoryObject/BigBlueButton
  • log in to ILIAS as administrator and go to the administration page
  • select Modules, Services and Plugins in the menu on the right
  • hits the Services tab and ILIAS will show a service list
  • look for the Repository and hit the Show Details link that is located next to the title
  • look for the BigBlueButton plugin on the table and hit the update link
  • when ILIAS has updated the plugin, hit the activate link that will appear instead of the update link
  • now hit the configure link and enter your
    • public/private URL
    • public/private port
    • BBB security salt
  • finally you can create "Bigbluebutton" Virtual Classrooms as regular repository object

ILIAS 5.3-7.x

On your ILIAS Server:

Note: it is assumed that you're 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 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 and private server URL : {PROTOCOL}://{SERVER_ADDRESS}{:PORT}/{BBB_SUBPATH}/. Where

    • BBB security salt

  • 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.

Compatibility

Tested with ILIAS 4.x-7.x

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