This plugin is one of the official BigBlueButton plugins. It basically opens up a link that the presenter wants. That might be a video, a document, or anything that supports being rendered in an iFrame.
- Start the development server:
cd $HOME/src/plugin-generic-link-share
npm install
npm start
- Add reference to it on BigBlueButton's
settings.yml
:
plugins:
- name: GenericLinkShare
url: http://127.0.0.1:4701/static/GenericLinkShare.js
dataChannels:
- name: urlToGenericLink
writePermission: ['moderator','presenter']
deletePermission: ['moderator', 'sender']
To build the plugin for production use, follow these steps:
cd $HOME/src/plugin-generic-link-share
npm install
npm run build-bundle
The above command will generate the dist
folder, containing the bundled JavaScript file named DecreaseVolumeOnSpeak.js
. This file can be hosted on any HTTPS server.
To use the plugin with BigBlueButton, add the plugin's URL to settings.yml
as shown below:
public:
app:
... // All app configurations
plugins:
- name: GenericLinkShare
url: <<PLUGIN_URL>>
dataChannels:
- name: urlToGenericLink
writePermission: ['moderator','presenter']
deletePermission: ['moderator', 'sender']
... // All other configurations
Alternatively, you can host the bundled file on the BigBlueButton server by copying dist/GenericLinkShare.js
to the folder /var/www/bigbluebutton-default/assets/plugins
. In this case, the <<PLUGIN_URL>>
will be https://<your-host>/plugins/GenericLinkShare.js
.