OpenSlides Conversations Plugin

Overview

This BETA plugin for OpenSlides provides online conferences in the webbrowser using WebRTC

Requirements

OpenSlides 2.1.x (https://openslides.org/)

Install

This is only an example instruction to install the plugin on GNU/Linux. It can also be installed as any other Python package and on other platforms, e. g. on Windows.

Clone and build the plugin:

$ git clone https://github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-conversations.git

$ cd openslides-conversations

$ yarn 

Install the plugin in a working OpenSlides setup:

$ cd OpenSlides

$ python3 -m venv .virtualenv

$ source .virtualenv/bin/activate

$ pip install -e /path/to/openslides-conversations

Start OpenSlides:

$ python3 manage.py start

Using the plugin

After the plugin is installed, the "conversations" icon will appear in the navigation bar. Clicking it will navigate the user to the "Moderated Discussion" page. In here, a moderator is able to stream their audio and/or video using their webcam and their microphone to other users also viewing the "Moderated Discussion" page. Moderators might also request a user to take over the discussion.

Administrators might enable or disable video streaming in the OpenSlides settings menu.

In the header of the "Moderated Discussion" page, the user can navigate to a "Group Conversation" page or a "Private Conversation" page.

In the "Group Conversation" page a user can participate to a Group chat and VoIP session by clicking on a channel on the left side of the page

In the "Private Conversation" page a user can have a private chat or VoIP Session (with webcam) by clicking on a user on the left side. Only users who are currently visiting the "Private Conversation" page are shown.

License and authors

This plugin is Free/Libre Open Source Software and distributed under the MIT License, see LICENSE file. The authors are mentioned in the AUTHORS file.

Changelog

Version 0.1 (BETA)

• First release of this plugin for OpenSlides 2.1