[tech] UCC Meetings server (web/video conferencing) now available

[James Andrewartha]

Hi all,

I've just installed BigBlueButton, an LGPL web conferencing system in a 
new VM. I used bbb-install.sh which automates the install, and customised 
greenlight (the web frontend, which is written in rails) to only accept 
LDAP auth. Once you log in, you can be assigned roles.

The server should be good for a few hundred simultaneous users. Anyone can 
join a room once it's started by its owner (if they have the link), or you 
can put an access code (PIN) on the room.

I've set this up my work (a school) for use in case we get closed, so I 
figured it would be useful for UCC and other Cameron Hall clubs. It's 
probably got better latency than any other service since none of them will 
be hosted in Perth.

Happy to answer any questions, or have a read of the docs below:

Admin docs: https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/

User docs: 
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17BkBFkP-8-09649Cxx-nseBDvA7TGDZ7eO5mgGnaqfY/edit

User support articles: 
https://support.blindsidenetworks.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000379651-BigBlueButton-HTML5

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