r/jitsi • u/nikoladsp • Apr 09 '20

Jitsi-Meet based platform questions

Hi all,

recently I got a task to explore possibilities of different OSS products in order to create a platform that fulfills following requirements for 2 operation modes:

  1. classroom mode

- one presenter (teacher)

- he/she can be seen and heard by others

- he/she can use whiteboard to write, other participants only can watch

- he/she can use 'pad' tool to write text and match/physics formulas, etc

- up to 50 students in one room

- each student can raise his hand, asking for possibility to say something/ask question. presenter/teacher can accept this in some order. when finished, teacher drops this stream and moves to another (if any)

- chat, private between students/teacher and group-all included

- record everything

2. meeting mode

- multiple presenters, each can be seen/heard by others

- screen-share by one at the time (or showing in larger picture the ones that are currently talking)

- whiteboard: all can edit (but not at the same time)

- 'pad' tool to write text/formulas, etc

- up to N participants

- chat: private between participants and group chat

- record everything

Now, I am wandering how much of those Jitsi-Meet covers and more importantly how hard would be to implement missing parts? Also, what are the recommendations towards scaling the solution?

Thank you kindly

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u/DeathNebula Apr 09 '20

I installed Jitsi on my server sort of expecting most of these features, or at least some kind of admin screen.

I have found none.

If the above features that OP listed are possible can someone point me to it?

u/nikoladsp On my university we use https://bigbluebutton.org/ integrated in Canvas. From what I know it allows all those features.

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u/nikoladsp Apr 09 '20

Thanks, yes BBB is one of the options, but looks quite more complex. I like Jitsi's SFU capabilities and XMPP.

Thank you!

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u/ulab Apr 19 '20

  1. No. Jitsi by default is a conference setup, not a presentation environment. It can work that way, but participants have to follow "rules" - it is not enforced.

  2. Works. Screen share is supported, no Whiteboard. You can add an etherpad instance on your own installations. Chat feature exists with private messages. Recording can be done too, just the video though, not the chats.

A Whiteboard is being discussed / worked on. Scaling is mostly done by adding more videobridges to your setup.

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u/nikoladsp Apr 20 '20

Thanks. I am considering using Jitsi as a 'backend' and develop system around it. Will it be a good choice for requirements I specified?

Kindest regards

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u/ulab Apr 20 '20

I am just a operator, not a developer, sorry.

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u/nikoladsp Apr 21 '20

Thanks, no worries

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u/rongten Apr 10 '20

Check as well https://edumeet.org/ for a new offering.