Mconf

Mconf is a project that aims to create a complete and easy to use web conference system, with focus on the integration with existent platforms and devices and on the interaction with mobile devices. It is built on top of BigBlueButton, an open source web conference system.

Mconf is composed of several components, among them are Mconf-Live, a customized version of BigBlueButton that includes several new features, and Mconf-Web, a web portal where people can collaborate asynchronously, schedule and participate in web conferences.

Mconf started in the end of 2010 as a research project and after years of development Mconf grew to become a solid product. The main distinguishing points compared to other similar systems are (1) the possibility of integrating Mconf with practically any existent system, as shown by the several integrations that already exist (for Moodle and WordPress, for instance), (2) the open source nature of the project, and (3) the wide range of customizations that are possible (when used by an institution, Mconf can be modified to work as part of the institution’s infrastructure instead of acting as an external, separate web conference system).

The main open source components of Mconf are:

• Mconf-Live, a customized version of BigBlueButton.
• Mconf-Web, a web portal to create web conferences and interact with other people.
• Mconf-Mobile, a mobile client to access web conferences from Android and iOS devices.

Resources

• The source code for all projects that compose Mconf can be found at our GitHub page.
• Bugs and tasks are also tracked on GitHub, in their respective projects. Issues on Mconf-Live, for example, are listed on Mconf-Live’s issue page on GitHub.
• For feedbacks, suggestions and troubleshooting (or anything else you need), see our FAQ or contact us at our developer’s mailing list: mconf-dev@googlegroups.com
• Found a bug or want to suggest a new feature? Go to our institution on GitHub, find the project you’re looking for and add a new issue.
• Want to collaborate? Fork some of our repositories on GitHub and send a pull request!

Contributors

Mconf is started at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and is currently supported by Mconf Tecnologia. As a research project, it was developed in the research group PRAV and funded mainly by RNP.

Documentation of our subprojects

• Mconf-Live: Here you can learn more about Mconf-Live, Mconf’s web conference application.
• Mconf-Web: Mconf-Web is the web portal that provides access to web conferences.
• Mconf-Mobile: Mconf-Mobile is a mobile implementation of a web conference client.