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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-76551

Option to show profile pictures of participants in BBB sessions

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    • MOODLE_402_STABLE
    • MDL-76551-master
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      You need to have your Moodle installation visible from the outside. For this you can use ngrok or follow the instruction in the comment of this ticket.

      General test

      1. Go to Site administration / Plugins / BigblueButton / Extended capabilities
      2. Check the Show profile pictures checkbox to enable the feature
      3. Add a profile image to your current user (admin)
      4. Create a user S1
      5. Add a profile image to S1
      6. Create a course C1
      7. Enroll S1 and admin
      8. Setup a new BigblueButtonBN activity B1
      9. Join the meeting
      10. Check that the avatar is displayed.
      11. In another private window
      12. Login as S1
      13. Go to B1
      14. Join the Meeting
      15. Check that the avatar is displayed for both users

      Testing enabling / disabling the feature

      Open another private browser and log in as admin.

      1. Go to Site administration / Plugins / BigblueButton / Extended capabilities
      2. Enable the Show profile pictures checkbox to disable the feature
      1. In the original browser leave the meeting if you are already in
      2. Join again
      3. Ensure that the profile picture is the default BigblueButton picture

      Testing with no profile picture

      With previous settings (General test)

      1. Create a user s2 with no profile picture
      2. Enrol this user in The Course C1
      3. Join the meeting B1
      4. Check that the profile picture is the one by default for BigblueButton (light blue square with the first two letter of the name)
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      You need to have your Moodle installation visible from the outside. For this you can use ngrok or follow the instruction in the comment of this ticket. General test Go to Site administration / Plugins / BigblueButton / Extended capabilities Check the Show profile pictures checkbox to enable the feature Add a profile image to your current user (admin) Create a user S1 Add a profile image to S1 Create a course C1 Enroll S1 and admin Setup a new BigblueButtonBN activity B1 Join the meeting Check that the avatar is displayed. In another private window Login as S1 Go to B1 Join the Meeting Check that the avatar is displayed for both users Testing enabling / disabling the feature Open another private browser and log in as admin. Go to Site administration / Plugins / BigblueButton / Extended capabilities Enable the Show profile pictures checkbox to disable the feature In the original browser leave the meeting if you are already in Join again Ensure that the profile picture is the default BigblueButton picture Testing with no profile picture With previous settings (General test) Create a user s2 with no profile picture Enrol this user in The Course C1 Join the meeting B1 Check that the profile picture is the one by default for BigblueButton (light blue square with the first two letter of the name)

      Since version 2.4, BBB supports custom avatars for users. The URL to the avatar can be passed as part of the Join URL, and the only requisite is that it is publicly available and BBB can reach it.

      See avatarURL under https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/dev/api.html#join

            lmdavid Laurent DAVID
            jfederico Jesus Federico
            Shamiso Jaravaza Shamiso Jaravaza
            Paul Holden Paul Holden
            Kim Jared Lucas Kim Jared Lucas
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