| 7 | | * https://meet.mayfirst.org/ is a video conference tools that provides video conference, shared scratch pad, desktop sharing, text chat and more. |
| 8 | | * https://live.mayfirst.org/ provides video conference and a shared notepad. |
| 9 | | * https://live.mayfirst.org/mexcla is audio-only and provides a live interpretation channel |
| | 7 | Jitsi Meet is our recommended tool for web-based video conferencing. All participants can join a video conference by clicking on a web link that you can send by email or instant message. Each participants must have a functional microphone and speakers on their computers and (optionally) a camera. |
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| | 9 | Jitsi Meet works best with 5 or less participants (if you have more participants, you will have better sound quality if each participants disables the video option). |
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| | 11 | All participants must use a recent version of Chrome/Chromium or Firefox/Iceweasel. If you are using chromium, you must pass the --no-sandbox option. |
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| | 13 | To start a conference, visit: https://meet.mayfirst.org/. |
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| | 15 | Alternatively, you can pick a conference room by inventing your own address on the meet.mayfirst.org web site. For example, you could invite all participants to go to: https://meet.mayfirst.org/my-special-meeting. |
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| | 17 | The first person to enter the conference is the moderator, and will have special rights (for example they can mute other individuals, kick someone out of the conference, or set a password for the conference room). |
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| | 19 | If you want to enable desktop sharing, you will need to be running either Chrome or Chromium and: |
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| | 21 | * Download the desktop sharing application: https://meet.mayfirst.org/desktop-sharing.tgz |
| | 22 | * Unpack the folder: `tar -xzvf desktop-sharing.tgz` on Linux, or double click on Windows or Mac. |
| | 23 | * Type the following into your browser address window: chrome://extensions |
| | 24 | * Check the "Developer Mode" checkbox in the top right corner |
| | 25 | * Click "Load Unpacked Extension" |
| | 26 | * Navigate to the unpacked folder and open it |
| | 27 | * You should now see a new extension called "Mayfirst's Jitsi Desktop Streamer." Click the Enable checkbox. |
| | 28 | * Now, open a Jitsi Meet conference and you can click on the Share Screen option |
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| | 30 | == Experimental Tools == |
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| | 32 | The following tools are experimental. |
| | 33 | |
| | 34 | * https://live.mayfirst.org/ provides video conference and a shared notepad. You must use Chrome or Chromium. |
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| | 36 | * https://live.mayfirst.org/mexcla is audio-only and provides a live interpretation channel. |
