Application user interface
- Windows with video streams
- Special functions
Depending on the user role, application menu contains three or four buttons (from left to right):
- Raise the hand (students only)
- Refresh - re-position windows to locations defined in the configuration file for layouts
- Save layout - stores currently displayed windows into new configuration file
- Exit - disconnects the client from the video conferencing session
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On startup and when new participants arrive into the virtual video conferencing room, windows are cascaded. A user can manipulate windows manually or use the Refresh button for the automatic layout.
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User can move and resize freely all the windows with other participants and the presentation source
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User can store alternate window layout into the new layout configuration file using Save layout button.
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Default resolution of windows
- Presentation - 1024x768 pixels
- Interpreter - 640x480 pixels
- Teacher - 400x300 pixels
- Student - 320x200 pixels, might be framed with red (student is asking for a word by clicking the button Raise hand) or cyan (student has given the floor). Colors can be altered in the Visualization panel of the Options.
- Only the teacher or the interpreter can give the floor to students. - The floor is given by clicking into the student's window - Giving the floor is independent on the fact whether the student used raise the hand button or not - Up to one student can be privileged with this function. While it happens, the window is enlarged according to the settings (see Configuration options) and the window is framed with cyan color.
- Users can store the window layout using the Save layout button in the application menu.
