bigbluebutton-strapi
v2.6.0
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Integrate online classes into Strapi CMS via BigBlueButton open-source video conferencing. This free plugin also provides API end-points to easily setup start and join buttons for web conferencing into any frontend app.
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BigBlueButton plugin for Strapi
BigBlueButton is like-Zoom for online classes but at a much lower cost, with better analytics, and is open-source.
Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript, fully customizable and developer-first.
The BigBlueButton-Strapi plugin enables you to integrate BigBlueButton into Strapi.
✨ Features
BigBlueButton offers you everything you need for your online classes: HD audio/video conference, whiteboard, chat, slides, polling, raise hand and breakout rooms. Specifically,
- HD Video Start online classes with HD video conferencing, public and private chat, whiteboard, poll, presentation and screen-sharing
- Analytics Get analytics including attendance, time used for audio and video chat by students, chat messages sent, activity score
- Engagement Tools Various tools to engage students including Raise hand, Emoji, Shared notes, Breakout rooms, Recording, and annotation
- Branding Build and promote your online classes with your brand, url, logo and theme
- Data Privacy Get complete control of your students’ data, without ever sharing with any 3rd party
- Scale with ease Use open-source load balancer with multiple BigBlueButton servers to teach 1000s of students simultaneously
🖐 Requirements
The requireemnts to install the BigBlueButton-Strapi plugin is same as those to install Strapi.
Please refer to the official Strapi installation requirement doc here: Installation Requirements.
Minimum environment requirements
- Node.js
>=14.x.x
- NPM
>=6.x.x
We are following the official Node.js releases timelines.
Supported Strapi versions:
- Strapi v4.1.12 (recently tested)
- Strapi v4.x
The BigBlueButton-Strapi plugin is designed for Strapi v4.x. It won't work with Strapi v3.x.
⏳ Installation
Use npm to install this plugin within your Strapi project (recommended).
Refer to this doc to install npm
npm i bigbluebutton-strapi
After successful installation you would need to build a fresh package that includes the BigBlueButton-Strapi plugin UI. Please execute the commands below:
# with npm (option 1)
$ npm run build
$ npm run develop
# with npx (option 2)
$ npx strapi build
$ npx strapi develop
The BigBlueButton-Strapi plugin should appear in the Plugins section of Strapi sidebar after you run app again.
Now you are ready to launch your onlie classes 🎉
🔧 Configuration
You can replace the default BigBlueButton URL and Secret with your own server details.
- Click on
Configure Your BigBlueButton URL and Secret
. - On the configuration page, you can test with the default BigBlueButton URL and Secret. Later on, you can provide your own server details.
- Click on the Save button to verify the server connection and save it.
In case you don't have a BigBlueButton server, you can create a free trial account here.
📝 License
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