Moodle Private Video Chat

Before installing, make sure your hosting environment meets all requirements.

1. If you're not hosting RTMP with us go to RTMP Application Setup for installation details.
2. Download the zip file and unzip it to your moodle/mod directory. To verify everything is in the right location, see if you have mod/videochat/README.txt .
3. Moodle 3.0 requires $module replaced with $plugin (ex. $plugin->version) in version.php from module folder, to allow installation. Older Moodle works with $module (ex. $module->version).
   
4. In your browser, go to your Moodle site, login as administrator.
   Then from menu go to Site Administration > Notifications
   Click [Upgrade] button from page bottom
   Click [Continue]
5. Fill your RTMP Address (obtained at first step) and click [Save]

To edit activity module settings you will need to be logged in with an administrator account:

1. From menu go to Site Administration > Plugins > Activity Modules > Chat
2. Edit module settings (applies site wide to all activities):
   RTMP Server
   RTMP AMF
   Max Camera Bandwidth
   Buffer Live
   Buffer Full
   Buffer Live Playback
   Buffer Full PlaybackDisable Bandwidth Detection
   Limit By Bandwith
   

Here is how to remove Moodle module if you wish to uninstall or install a more recent version (upgrade):

1. Access from menu: Site Administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Manage activities (or Administration > Modules > Activities in versions of Moodle prior to 1.9).
2. Click on delete next to the module you wish to remove.
3. Use a file manager to remove/delete the actual module directory from moodle/mod, otherwise Moodle will reinstall it next time you access the site administration.
4. If you wish to upgrade, after removal just follow installation instructions to install the new version.

The Moodle integration is based on a slightly modified php 2 way video chat edition so you can also check that for customizing settings, integration and implementation of other features.

Here is how to use the Moodle Video Chat activity module in a course:

1. 1. Create/View a course
2. 2. Turn editing On
3. 3. Add an activity... Video Chat
4. 4. Save and Display

Here is how to configure the Moodle Video Chat activity, edit room settings and permissions:

1. Create/View a Video Chat activity with an administrator account
   
   
2. To edit room settings, from menu go to SETTINGS > Video Chat administration > Edit Settings :
   Camera Height
   Camera FPS
   Microphone Rate
   Camera Bandwidth
   Welcome message
   Filter regex
   Filter replace
   Flood protection
   
   
3. To edit room permissions for different member types, from menu go to SETTINGS > Video Chat administration > Permissions:
   Configure connection
   permit external encoder
   sound enabled
   video enabled
   enable buzz
   enable next
   enable P2P
   enable server
   enable sound FX
   request snapshot
   send text chat
   show text chat
   show timer
   access video chat room