MeetingPoint v1.0 - User's Manual
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1. UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL PIEMONTE ORIENTALE AMEDEO AVOGADRO DIPARTIMENTO DI INFORMATICA MeetingPoint v1 0 User s Manual Version 1 5 January 15 2010 Contents User s Manual 1 IMioduchoti ici oe BONES BOG SEEN OES EE oe ss l REQUIESMENES 2 EA ARA Be eee La l Meeting Pont csi 2 SUA AA 2 Whe INA 2 426 6 5 5 404 oe he ES de Ca OS SMS eS 3 The Conte chota eS AR 4 TIC SCLUMGS c a di hee ER e A 4 A DOUT ant II teat as BS ee cea i e 3 The Applications Sarre LR esile iena he 5 People List ono lors i asse tds ds 6 Chabtestualea LA aa db Id a and aa 8 Whiteboard Plus iu ius e da A a 9 Presentation sird be rs de dd pad 11 Rich Video CONTSTENCE sacs oh ee eS BS Oe SSS er 11 COCK aces fg E os See ee te a ee pe die 12 POR tet Boel wt weet St A Go ee es D e A 13 Appendices 16 A F A Q problems in using MeetingPoint 16 MeetingPoint s window doesn t appear 16 I can t see the video from my webcam 16 I can t hear the audio of the meeting 17 Other users can t hear My voice 18 Be Connon OM MES sii Bee ee ates Me Mens Die Led 19 Meeting Pont Loreta i ee we OE ew DEL 19 Whiteboard RIUS as sro a arki H ont Bee ee GS GIES 22 References 23 List of Figures DANN Bb D WWWWWWWNNNNNYNNNNNMNY RRR mm O DN Au BUM DUO OD IU I LU N SO OO AU D Adobe Flash Players 3 4 Lu 4 sen bee ea l Allowing Flash2. by the teacher or follow the link in your Moodle course Requirements To run MeetingPoint a web browser and the associated Adobe Flash Player Plug in are needed All systems have a web browser and often the Flash Player Plug in is already installed by default but if missing can be downloaded from the Adobe website 4 clicking on Get ADOBE FLASH PLAYER Figure 1 Get ADOBE 2 FLASH PLAYER c Figure 1 Adobe Flash Player In order to use MeetingPoint s audio video capabilities a headphone or the speak ers a microphone and possibly a webcam have to be connected to the system More over on application startup the user must allow Flash Player to access PC peripherals Figure 2 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Adobe Flash Player Settings Camera and Microphone Access Cd meetimgpoint di unipmn it is requesting access to your camera and microphone If you dick Allow you may be recorded E Figure 2 Allowing Flash Player access to PC peripherals MeetingPoint MeetingPoint is the evolution of FMS Meeting developed during the Dimostratore Novara project financed by the Wi Pie programme It is currently under development by TEL Lab at the Dipartimento di Informatica Universita del Piemonte Orientale 7 with the contribute of Centro e learning di Ateneo at Universit di Modena e Reggio Emilia It has the aim to make interaction and communication simple by using video conference chat and virtual bl
3. 22 Client local time Anyway on MeetingPoint upper bar the client time is always shown to allow the user of being aware of his own local time Figure 22 Poll The Poll application allows a consultation on some topic among all participants A Poll goes through several phases e definition Poweruser and Moderator only e opening Poweruser and Moderator only e voting all users e closing Poweruser and Moderator only Definition In this phase Figure 23 topic and poll conditions are defined To start this phase press the Prepare button The poll s text can be set in the proper box under the Question label The combobox value sets the poll to be single or multiple choice Possible answers can be inserted one at a time in the box under the Answers label pressing the Add button each time An answer can be removed pressing the Del button after having selected it One can remove all of them at a time by pressing the Clear button Opening To start the poll press the Open Poll button Voting After consultation opening the interface is as in Figure 24 Every partic ipant can give his answer more than one if it is a multiple choice poll Each answer has its own percentage shown in real time Figure 25 Answers can be changed at any time until the poll will be closed 13 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Poll v1 0 Bob Question Single Choice 7 How are you Answers Add Del Clear dont know bad
4. audio level gauge Figure 32 present in the video area The audio gauge allows to visually verify if an audio stream is actually transmitted by the application If the gauge is moving the problem has to be probe on the local computer First of all check if speakers and headphones are properly connected to the com puter and if volume is not set too low or disabled On Microsoft Windows you can do this check clicking on the Volume icon on the task bar Figure 33 which will show the current audio level 17 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Adobe Flash Player Settings Adobe Flash Player Settings Privacy Q Camera 2 Allow meetingpoint di unipmn it to Laptop Integrated Webcam access your camera and microphone n ai DO Allow Den Flexcam 100 Camera d _ LJ Remember Advanced a A a gr a e Figure 30 Video settings Figure 31 Video source selection Indicatore livello 2 audio Mier We 1204 Figure 33 System volume level MS Win Figure 32 Audio level gauge dows Other users can t hear my voice Check if you are using the video conference buttons properly Both Send and Talk buttons must be pressed and the tick sign in the Lock checkbox must be present If the previous test does not solve the problem check if your microphone is properly connected and if the audio gauge shows some movement If this happens the problem is on other users computers If t
5. fine Prepare Open Poll Close Poll Me Figure 23 The Poll application Poll v1 0 m ES How are you Answers Share results Details dont know OM 0 bad OM 0 fine Os 0 Prepare Open Poll Close Pall Mb Figure 24 Voting phase The Details button shows a list containing preferences of users that have already voted at the current time Figure 26 These results can be shared or not according to the tick on the Share Results checkbox available only to members of Moderator and Poweruser groups Closing Regardless of the fact that all participants gave an answer or not the poll can be closed by pressing the Close Poll button Moderator and Poweruser only From now on results are frozen and no modifications are possible any more Table 5 summarizes user privileges concerning the Poll application 14 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Poll v1 0 How are you Answers Share results Details dont know d a E bad Ov a fine 100 Prepare Open Poll Close Pall Z Figure 25 Voting percentages Poll v1 0 user vote ulisse fine back y Z Figure 26 Details of users votes Definition gt Opening o e Sharing results Votng efe e Closing o e Table 5 Poll User privileges U User M Moderator PU Poweruser 15 Appendices A F A Q problems in using MeetingPoint MeetingPoint s window doesn t appear If MeetingPoint s windows
6. 8 AUOT Vel CBU SC ea ip AAA Bo OR St Be as 18 System volume level MS Windows o o aooaa a 18 System Volume Menu MS Windows 18 Recording devices MS Windows 19 Microphone properties MS Windows 20 User s Manual Introduction MeetingPoint is a syncronous system based on client server architecture It allows communication and cooperation by supplying tools such as videoconference and vir tual blackboards shared among several users e g teachers and students to write texts sketch drawings and show slides Users willing to cooperate connect to the same server by aclient which is the application described in this User s Manual The server prop agates information sent by each client to all the others connected to it In the contin uation we will refer to the concept of room with this word we mean the common virtual place shared by all users The simplest configuration is made of a unique room but the involved server side technology allows to manage many different rooms if needed For people willing to have a local complete system installed a small guide to server side installation is provided on the MeetingPoint web site 1 MeetingPoint can run as standalone application but it can be put as a resource in courses managed by the Moodle Learning Content Management System 6 as well To start using MeetingPoint just open your web browser and write the address provided
7. Player access to PC peripherals 2 MeetingPoint s start p sa seu ad as ds 2 Startup PLOCESS 5 as E 5 Ebrei Rae a IL RDS 3 Internal components loading process 3 Upper Dan 2 gs gi sah ow ee ve ok oe ehe Ge do aie eS 3 Connection status led 4 Errore Sit oe s dea are da e Rd 4 Connection Meni da rene SURESNES 4 SEIS MEMU a ans le pe ees e A A e O A 4 ADOULINCRU 4 i Ga lai ee CR FG erre da 5 Applications menu 5 Bottom bar an open application menu 6 People List application 6 Chatapplicabon si sparare ARA 9 Whiteboard Plus application 9 Whiteboard Plus loading a presentation 10 Presentation application 11 Rich VideoConference application local user 11 Rich VideoConference application remote user 12 The Clock applicable e edile perse BO E 13 Client Joc al Miers gt ae DE dee AAA 13 The Pollapplicaton Bus Lira wpe a i 14 VOUNSphiSeg e oe he i AR a 14 NOUS Percentages ss NEIL ee balena 15 Details Of Users VOLES a aber ee 15 Missing Adobe Flash plug in 16 System Properties Device Manager MS Windows 17 Adobe Flash Player Menu 17 Mide Oscos ta ate rs yg cen at as Sede a wh a ee EE cee et tue 18 Video source selection ossia We GH eee de a 1
8. USER S MANUAL Microphone Array Properties a Figure 36 Microphone properties MS Windows lt connection autoconnect true protocol rtmp host 193 206 55 78 port 1935 application Meeting room MPbfb21bd9503d7ba7e490a8984a2a083e gt lt windowmanager URL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf get php a 1 amp c NM amp t 1220617785 menu http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf menu xml php id 1 gt lt components gt lt preloaded URL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf get php a 1 amp c Chat amp t 1220617785 label Chat v1 0 gt lt external URL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf get php a 1 amp c Orologio amp t 1220617785 20 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL label ClockVlcO y gt lt embedded contentPath People label People List v1 0 gt lt external URL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf get php a 1 amp c Poll amp t 1220617785 label Poll v1 0 gt lt external URL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf get php a 1 amp c Presentation amp t 1220617785 label Presentation v1 0 param listURL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint files list php a 3d1 gt lt external URL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf get php a 1 amp c RichVideoConferenceg amp t 1220617785 label Rich VideoConference v1 0 param imageUrl http meetingpo
9. a Moderator Y Poweruser the user can act as a Poweruser Request when active light bulb icon is on a user wants to ask for moderator s or the current talking active user s attention Once this flag is active only a Moderator user original or with Star token can put it back off besides the user who activated it Y Active user ask for attention Non active user is not asking for attention Approve this icon is used by a user who wants to approve something currently happening in the room It can have three values Thumb down user does not approve Thumb up user approves Undefined user has no preference The People List bottom bar includes some buttons Left to right we have bn Put off selected user s attention request Ask for attention Disapprove Approve No preference Show some information about the selected user Assign the Poweruser level token to the selected user Assign the Moderator level token to the selected user x N YX VI amp a UY IN Withdraw the current token from the selected user MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL 10 Ban the selected user According to the user s current role only buttons he can actually use appear in the interface first 5 if User first 8 but nr 7 if Moderator all of them if Poweruser Table 1 summarizes permitted operations according to the user s role All combi nations are shown the Star token is represented as an apex e g UY
10. ackboards shared among multiple users e g teachers and students MeetingPoint s architecture is based on REDS 5 an Open Source Flash Server which allows users to take part in collaborative syncronous experiences by using a Flash client application A demo version of the application is maintained at the project development website 2 MeetingPoint is released under GPL v3 licence sources are available at the CVS website 3 Startup On startup MeetingPoint opens a large central panel informing the user about the progress of the startup process as shown in Figure 3 Meeting Point Read meetingpoint di unipmn it Figure 3 MeetingPoint s startup During this phase MeetingPoint loads the graphic environment and its internal components used to start the other applications The product version the current op MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL eration and the progress bar are clearly visible in this panel Figure 4 and Figure 5 Meeting Point v 1 0 2 beta _ Staring Window Manage Figure 4 Startup process bading preloaded el menia 1 1 Figure 5 Internal components loading process Interface After the bootstrap phase the working area is shown mainly it is an area contained between an upper bar and a bottom bar The bottom bar contains the list of open applications the upper one has some drop down menus and some icons Analyzing the upper bar in detail Figure 6 we notice some fe
11. atures in common with other windows oriented environments MS Windows Mac OS X Gnome KDE and others We can see a watch shoing the local time a calendar and an icon notifying the current connection status The last item is described in more detail in the Connection section on page 4 Applications Connection Layout Settings About Debug 14 30 47 29 May 200 TE Figure 6 Upper bar Upper bar menus are L 2 Applications available applications Connection two items to connect and disconnect Layout settings about layout and fullscreen mode Settings general settings capabilities webcam resolution and audio quality set tings About details about the application and the licence Debug optional debug information MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Connection If the application has been set up to start in AutoConnection mode right after its startup an attempt to connect to the server is automatically done The connection led Figure 7 shows the current connection status 16 13 53 11 Jun 2008 TE Figure 7 Connection status led If the led is green MeetingPoint is properly connected to the server while if it is red the connection attempt has failed In the second case an error message is shown in the proper warning box Figure 8 At any time is possible to disconnect or connect the application to the server by using the Connection menu Figure 9 it has only two items namely Connect and Discon
12. d on your computer Use the Device Managerto change the properties of any device Device Manager Windows Update Driver Settings ra Choose whether to check Windows Update for driver Windows Update Driver Settings OK Cancel File Action View Help C FOEElalpeno E 4 BIANCANEVE XPS E l Batteries E 05 Biometric J Bluetooth Radios H Computer Disk drives ce Me Display adapters H DVD CD ROM drives El da Human Interface Devices H Cg IDE ATA ATAPI controllers E IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers E Imaging devices Laptop Integrated Webcam B Keyboards E A Mice and other pointing devices H H Modems GM Monitors Network adapters H I Ports COM amp LPT E o Processors ES SD host adapters lt gt Storage controllers 1 1 System devices Fel Universal Serial Bus controllers Sound video and game controllers Figure 28 System Properties Device Manager MS Windows Zoom In Zoom Out Show All Quality Settings About Adobe Flash Player 9 Figure 29 Adobe Flash Player Menu e as in Figure 31 select the webcam you want to use for video input e after you selected an item click on Close and start the application as previously described I can t hear the audio of the meeting If this problem seems to occur first you must check that someone is actually talking This is accomplished easely looking at the
13. does not appear a wrong link has probably been used to access the application You can try to check on it If you get a window similar to the one shown in Figure 27 maybe you need to install Adobe Flash plug in 3 http moodle unipmn it WiPie Didattica MeetingPoint Figure 27 Missing Adobe Flash plug in Adobe Flash plug in is available for download at Adobe website 4 clicking on Get ADOBE FLASH PLAYER Figure 1 Once the plug in is installed restart your web browser and try to access the appli cation again I can t see the video from my webcam If this problem occurs first of all check your webcam is properly connected and config ured without errors on your system A way to do it on Microsoft Windows systems is checking for your webcam in System Properties Hardware Device Manager as shown in Figure 28 If more than one webcam is connected to the computer at the same time you must select the one you want to use Once you have the application running follow these Steps e right click wherever in the MeetingPoint area and then select Settings from the appearing menu shown in Figure 29 e as in Figure 30 click on the webcam icon 16 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 pystem Properties _ _i 1 1 0n1g1r e xs Ey Device Manager USER S MANUAL aam Computer Name Hardware Advanced System Protection Remote Device Manager The Device Manager lists all the hardware devices installe
14. eoConference v1 0 m ES Webcan Ma ILock Talk Exit i p ca 7 Figure 20 Rich VideoConference application remote user Stopping one or more audio video streams reduces data exchange and could be use ful if the application shows slowdowns video streams consume most of the available bandwidth and often their disabling does not impair the success of the synchronous event Moreover this functionality is valuable to realize group conferences at the same time each member of the group enables only the audio of the other members of the same group while masking that of the other users Table 3 summarizes user privileges concerning the Rich VideoConference applica tion Sending the video o Je Sending the audio Te e Replacing the video with an image Table 4 Rich VideoConference User privileges U User M Moderator PU Poweruser Clock The Clock application Figure 21 has a simple but important aim showing the server time 3 The list of available images is provided by a PHP script whose address is written in the MeetingPoint configuration file 12 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Clock v1 0 m n 10 9 NG 8 7 55 6 Server Time Figure 21 The Clock application This small application can be very useful to synchronize users avoiding problems related to different time zones or not aligned local clocks 16 13 53 11 Jun 2008 El ES Figure
15. he audio gauge does not move you have to check your microphone configura tion The jack has to be inserted properly in the correct socket on your local computer and recording settings must be suitable Open Volume Mixer Playback Devices Recording Devices Sounds Figure 34 System Volume Menu MS Windows In order to check the microphone volume on Microsoft Windows right click on the Volume icon on the taskbar and then choose Recording Devices Figure 34 The Recording Devices window appears as shown in Figure 35 Select the micro phone device and then push the Properties button In the new window that appears Figure 36 the microphone volume can be set 18 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Microphone Line In Sigmatel High Definition Audio CODEC Not plugged in Microphone Array SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC Working Figure 35 Recording devices MS Windows Note These procedures concern Microsoft Windows Vista but other modern oper ating system usually have similar interfaces B Configuration files MeetingPoint For completeness here is an example of the MeetingPoint configuration file lt user name sirio fullname Mario Rossi id 3 role poweruser authentication_id test authentication token test authentication_domain di unipmn it gt lt application languageURI http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint translate php language it_utf8 gt MEETINGPOINT V1 0
16. ient e Cleaning the log ose Table 2 Chat User privileges U User M Moderator PU Poweruser MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Chat v 1 0 2 Clear Chat Send To Everyone E cnn History Everyone 00 33 56 sirio Hi test Message Powerusers 00 34 09 sirio How are you Moderators 00 34 19 sirio I m fine que 00 34 38 sirio Hi my name is Sirio 00 35 10 sirio Hi ulisse Hi My name is Bobo Send Figure 15 Chat application Whiteboard Plus The Whiteboard Plus application shown in Figure 16 allows to virtually show slides moreover it allows to sketch paint and write on a virtual blackboard Both functional ities are available at the same time for example while you show a slide you can also underline the most important parts or sketch symbols and write annotations directly on the slide on a transparent layer Notes are associated with pages and kept when switching from one page to another In addition the blackboard is available even when not showing a presentation and it is organized in pages as well Applications Connection Layout Settings About Debug 00 30 35 3 Jun 2008 Ha Whiteboard Plus v1 0 SO h Pointer X Clean all ESS Highlight Circle DCI VISIO i C VATTICA line fill di MUVWCIIU Fia timon Whiteboard Plus v1 0 Figure 16 Whiteboard Plus application In order to show a presentation it has to be available for
17. int di unipmn it mod meetingpoint files getimage php a 3d1 gt lt external URL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf get php a l amp c Screencaster amp t 1220617785 label Screencaster param url http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint files screen php a 3dl amp amp actionS3ddownload gt lt external URL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf get php a 1 amp c Whiteboard amp t 1220617785 label Whiteboard v1 0 gt lt external URL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint swf get php a 1 amp c WhiteboardPlus amp t 1220617785 label Whiteboard Plus v1 0 param listURL http meetingpoint di unipmn it mod meetingpoint files list php a 3d1 gt lt components gt 21 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Whiteboard Plus The available presentations and their position on the server have to be provided to the application by a XML file Here is an example lt file name meetingpoint png url http meetingpoint di unipmn it file php 1 moddata meetingpoint converted meetingpoint png swf size 5 6KB date 16 mag 2008 10 37 gt lt file name DIR_ _Didattica_in_Rete pdf url http meetingpoint di unipmn it file php 1 moddata meetingpoint converted Slideshow DIR_ Didattica_in_Rete pdf swf size 1 5MB date 13 mag 2008 04 34 gt lt file name MeetingPointFlyer pdt url http meetingpoint di unipmn it file php 1 moddata meetingp
18. is a User with Moderator Star Operations shown are the basic ones plus those relative to People List Window operations include resizing moving reducing and maximizing As a general rule a user with a star is allowed to operate as the role the star itself suggests with limitations shown in the table concerning the MeetingPoint environ ment If suitable for each application a similar table of privileges will be provided Opening applications o o o ol e e Operations on windows o o o o e e Assigning Moderator Star__ o o o e Withdrawing Moderator Star o o Assigning Poweruser Star o o GE Withdrawing Poweruser Star o o 0 Putting off attention request e o O A ICA ROA Banning auser oo o o Permitted only to the user who asked for attention Table 1 User privileges U User M Moderator PU Poweruser Chat The Chat application Figure 15 allows the user to exchange messages with other users connected to the same room on MeetingPoint The user writes the text in the proper field and then presses the Send button The message is sent by default to all users By the Send to combo box the user can select the recipients of the message It is then possible to send a message to a group only e g Moderators or to a specific user Table 2 summarizes user privileges concerning the Chat application Sending messages e Choosing the recip
19. istics People List v1 0 mn ES lala le e Jusers Sh ye amp e sirio bla ulisse e e EA k 0 0 LE LE E a Figure 14 People List application In the application s main area we find the list of connected users whereas in the bottom area there are some buttons that allow to perform some special functions Fach connected user has some attributes visualized in the columns of the main area e Microphone e Vebcam e Star e Role Request e Approve e Name Microphone shows if the user has allowed the access to the microphone fo o Webcam shows if the user has allowed the access to the webcam Role it represents the level of user s rights Users differentiate according to the icon color Red is the highest level defined as Poweruser blue represents the Moder ator role and green is the User role the common user with the lowest level of rights 6 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL amp Poweruser amp Moderator amp User Star similarly to Role it represents the user s rights While the Role is a static information previously defined the Star is a temporary token that a user can obtain at runtime to get a higher level This way a higher level user can temporary promote another user to his own role The token can be removed at any time causing the user who got it to revert to his previous role vr No difference Y Moderator the user can act as
20. loading to MeetingPoint Presentations have to be loaded by an external system which has to convert slides from the source format MS PowerPoint MS Word Adobe PDF or others to the format This is currently implemented in Moodle 6 Learning Content Management System which has a spe cific interface module for MeetingPoint MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL recognized by MeetingPoint By pressing the Open button it is possible to choose the previously converted pre sentation for loading Figure 17 Afterwords pressing the Ok button the application shows the presentation in a synchronized way to all participants present in the same room within the MeetingPoint Whiteboard Plus frame Choose a file meetingpoint png DIR_ Didattica in Rete pdf MeetingPointFlyer pdf Figure 17 Whiteboard Plus loading a presentation On the left side there are some controls to switch slides backword and forward and to close the presentation Blackboard functionalities are available through several drawing tools By select ing one of them one can simply sketch on a slide or on the white blackboard It is possible to draw circles ellipses rectangles squares and other shapes By using the pen tool one can write texts highlight parts and draw arrows For each of the previous elements one can set stroke color and thickness In Figure 16 some examples of what is possible to put on the blackboard are shown In order to close the whiteboard ju
21. nect S Connection Lay CENT Connect pesi Disconnect Figure 8 Error message Figure 9 Connection menu After any connection or disconnection operation the led blinks for about 20 sec onds to attract the user attention on the current connection status Settings Settings concerning MeetingPoint s configuration are in the Settings menu Figure 10 Settings About Debug Capabilities Auth Settings Video Settings Audio Settings Media Webcam Resolution Webcam FPS Li Microphone Frequency Figure 10 Settings menu The menu has the following items 1 Capabilities opens a window containing current host machine characteristics 2 Auth Settings opens Flash Player hardware authorization settings window 3 Video Settings opens Flash Player s video device settings window 4 Audio Settings opens Flash Player s audio device settings window 4 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL 5 Media opens a further menu about MeetingPoint settings concerning video resolution video frame rate and microphone audio quality About The last item on MeetingPoint menu bar is the About menu Figure 11 which has only two entries About and License I About Debug License About Figure 11 About menu By selecting an item a window with sofware name and version About or the licence Licence is shown Applications Right after the startup phase MeetingPoint shows an empty frame with no windo
22. oint converted Slideshow MeetingPointFlyer pdf swf size 293 8KB date 13 mag 2008 04 35 gt lt file name MeetingPoint ppt url http meetingpoint di unipmn it file php 1 moddata meetingpoint converted Slideshow MeetingPoint ppt swf size 342 4KB date 2 ago 2008 03 47 gt The address of this file is written in the MeetingPoint configuration file currently provided by Moodle at login time 22 References 1 MeetingPoint Homepage http meetingpoint di unipmn it 2 MeetingPoint on Sourceforge net http meetingpoint sourceforge net 3 MeetingPoint sources http meetingpoint cvs sourceforge net 4 Adobe Homepage http www adobe com 5 Red5 Homepage http osflash org red5 6 Moodle Homepage http moodle org 7 TEL Lab Dipartimento di Informatica Universita del Piemonte Orientale http http www di unipmn it tel 8 SWFTools Homepage http www swftools org 9 Homepage di OpenOffice http www openoffice org 23
23. sketch directly on the presentation See Whiteboard Plus section pag 9 for details about the presentation functions Presentation v1 0 Ba Oper M First 4 Prec gt Next Zoom 50 Figure 18 Presentation application Rich VideoConference Videos of users connected in the same room on MeetingPoint are shown on this appli cation area The video container looks differently if the user is local or remote Rich VideoConference v1 0 m 5 2 h Figure 19 Rich VideoConference application local user In Figure 19 the video area of a local user is shown On the upper side there are controls to stop the transmission of the audio stream the video stream or both The audio stream button has two modes a continuous one and a walkie talkie one The former is active if the tick in the Lock box is present In this mode the audio is sent when the button is pressed and until it is pressed again The latter lets the Talk button work as in a walkie talkie the audio is only sent when the button is kept pushed and stops when it is released 11 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL By the Image combo box the user can choose an image preloaded on the server to set in place of the video stream In Figure 20 the video area of a remote user is shown As for the local user buttons to control streams are present but there is one more that allows to put the remote user s video on the zoom area Rich Vid
24. st click on the closing symbol The application asks confirmation about what to do of its content it is possible to clean it up or keep all drawings and texts e g for reusing it later on the presentation or to show them stand alone Table 3 summarizes user privileges concerning the Whiteboard Plus application Opening presentations Closing presentations Using drawing tools Changing page Table 3 Whiteboard Plus User privileges U User M Moderator PU Poweruser 2 Itis the SWF Flash format The input formats are the ones managed by SWFTools 8 png gif jpg pdf If OpenOffice 9 is installed on the Moodle server it is used to convert input formats recognized by it to PDF and then to SWF Here is a comprehensive list of input formats 123 bmp cgm csv dbf dif doc dot dxf emf eps htm html hwp jtd jtt met mml odb odf odg odm odp ods odt otg oth otp ots ott pbm pcd pct pcx pdb pgm pot ppm pps ppt psd psw pxl ras rtf sda sdc sdd sdp sdw sgf sgl sgv slk smf stc std sti stw svm sxc sxd sxg SXi Sxm Sxw tga tiff txt vor wkl wks wmf wpd wps xbm xls xlt xlw xml xpm gif pdf png swf jpeg jpg jpe jfif Jif Jf 10 MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Presentation The Presentation application Figure 18 allows to show slides From the point of view of the functionalities this is a light version of the Whiteboard Plus application which allows also to
25. ws inside To open applications a connection to the server is required After that an applica tion can be opened using the Applications menu Figure 12 Applications Connection Li Chat v 1 0 People List v1 0 Clock v1 0 Poll 1 0 Presentation v1 0 Rich videoconference v1 0 Whiteboard v1 0 Whiteboard Plus v1 0 y Figure 12 Applications menu If the user has the required privileges and the server connection has been estab lished the selected application 1s shown on the user s client and all other clients con nected to the same room on the server Window systems common operations are available maximization minimization focus change resizing and closing For every open application a menu on the bottom bar 1s created allowing these operations Figure 13 All of these operations are allowed to users with certain privileges the same privi leges that permitted the application to be opened The server propagates the effects of such operations to all other clients connected to the same room MEETINGPOINT V1 0 USER S MANUAL Application 6 Ripristina Restore O Minimiza Minimize Massimizza Maximize Transparent Trasparent wandiow Chiudi Close Chiudi Menu People Listv1 0 Chatv10 Figure 13 Bottom bar an open application menu People List The People List application Figure 14 allows all participants in the same room to see the connected users names and their character
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