BigBlueButton : Testing a release

This document describes manual tests, which ensure release quality. They should be performed by humans using different browsers. It is usefull to have multiple humans performing these tests together. You should plan at least an hour to perform all of these tests.

Audio tests

Join audio by microphone

This test ensures that people can talk to each other in a conference. If this test works, users can connect to freeswitch.

Join a meeting. You should see a dialog which lets you choose between joining by microphone or listen only
Choose “join by microphone”
Speak. Other participants should hear you, you should hear other participants
You should see the names of the speaking participants above the presentation area
You should see an animation in the users list. Speaking users should be animated. Silent users should not be animated.
Press the micophone button in the action bar below the presentation area. This should toggle your muted status. If you are muted the microphone symbol should be outlined. If you are not muted the microphone symbol should be filled.

Join audio in listen only mode

Join a meeting. You should see a dialog which lets you choose between joining by microphone or listen only
Choose “listen only”
If you are the only participant in the meeting you should hear a voice telling you that you are the only participant in this meeting
If there are other participants in the meeting you should hear them speaking.

Dial-in to a meeting

For this test you need a server which has phone dialin setup.

Join a meeting. At least one participant needs to join audio, either by micorphone or in listen only mode
Dial-in to the meeting
Other participants should be able to hear you, and you should hear the others
Press ‘0’ on the phone dial pad. This should toggle your muted status

Mute users

For this test multiple users should speak.

You should see the names of the speaking users in the activity bar above the presentation area. Click on the name of one person in the activity bar.
- If you are moderator: The person you clicked on should be muted. This is visible in the activity bar as well in the users list by a crossed out red microphone symbol.
- If you are regular viewer (not moderator): Nothing should happen
Choose any user from the users list. Click on the name in the users list. A menu should open.
- If you are moderator: The menu should contain an entry “mute user”. Click on then menu entry. The user should be muted then.
- If you are regular viewer (not moderator): There should not be an menu entry which allows muting the user.

Mute all users except presenter

If you are moderator:
- Next to the users list there is a gear icon. Click on this icon. A menu should open. In this menu there should be an entry which allows you to mute all users except of the presenter. Click on that entry.
- All user except of the presenter should be muted.
If you are regular viewer (not moderator):
- there should not be a gear icon next to the users list

User roles

Multiple moderators

moderator status should be indicated by a rectangular icon next to the name of each person in the users list. Regular viewers should have a rounded icon next to the name
If you are moderator:
- in the users list click on a name of a viewer (not moderator)
- grant other users moderator access
- verify that moderator status icon has changed in the users list of all participants
- remvoke moderator access from other users
- verify that moderator status icon has changed in the users list of all participants
If you are regular viewer (not moderator)
- You should not be able to switch moderator status of other users

Switch presenter

If you are moderator:
- in the users list click on a name of someone else
- click on “Make presenter” in the menu
- The person you have chosen should be presenter. Verify that:
  - the presenter status is indicated in the users list
  - the person you chose could switch the slides, upload slides and so on
  - Other moderators who are not presenter should have only the “Take presenter” option in the (+) Action menu.
If you are regular user (not moderator):
- You should not be able to make someon else presenter

Video tests

For these tests it is advisable to have at least one user with multiple cameras. You you don’t own multiple cameras, you can install a virtual webcam (for example using OBS Studio).

Click on the camera icon in the action bar below the presentation area
A dialog should open, allowing you to choose your camera and camera quality
Select one camera to share and choose the quality
Click on the share camera button in the dialog
You should see the video stream of your camera
- If you select one of the backgrounds, both you and others will see the background applied in your video
Other participants should see your video
You should see in the Participants list who is sharing their webcam (‘webcam’ in the user line)
the video stream element should be highlighted in the UI if you speak
In the video stream there should be a label with your name. Click on that label. You should be able to mirror the camera video.
Click on the camera icon in the action bar again.
- If you have multiple cameras, the dialog should open again, allowing you to share another camera or to unshare the camera
- If you have only a single camera, the video stream should be terminated immediately.

Share a video camera as in the test “Share video camera”.
Click on the camera icon again. Share another camera.
Other users should see both of your camera.
Other users should see both of your cameras highlighted if you speak.
Unshare one camera. You and other users should see only the remaining of your cameras
Share the second camera again
Unshare all cameras. Non of your cameras should be visible

The presenter should see the screen share icon in the action bar. All other users should not see the screen share icon
The presenter should click on the screen share icon.
The browser asks the presenter for sharing something.
Abort the share dialog in the browser
The presenter should click on the screen share icon again.
The browser should ask for something to share again.
Select a window for sharing
Do something in that window. Other users should see what you are doing
Resize the window. Other users should see that.
Stop screensharing by pressing on the screen share icon again
Repeat the test by
- sharing the entire screen
- sharing only one screen if you have more than one screen
- share a browser tab, if your browser supports that
If you browser supports sharing audio with screen sharing test this as well. Support for this feature heavily depends on browser capabilities.
- On Windows with Chrome: Audio sharing should work for screen, window and tab
- On Linux and MacOS with Chrome: Audio sharing should work for browser tabs
- All other combinations are not known yet to work
The presenter sharing screen should see a preview with reduced mirror effect if they are sharing the window (screen) which includes the BigBlueButton session

Start some screen sharing
Some moderator should switch presenter to another user
The screen sharing should terminate automatically

Slide and whiteboard tests

The presenter should see buttons for slide navigation. All other users should not see these buttons
Switch to another page in the slides
Other users should see your curson on the slides
Draw something on the whiteboard. Other users should see that
Switch to another slide
The drawing should disappear
Switch back to the slide where you had drawn something before
You and all other users shoud see what you had drawn before

Whiteboard access for individual users

Grant whiteboard access to a user which is not presenter. Only the presenter should be able to do this
On the whiteboard users should see two cursors. Each cursor should have a label with the name of the user who this cursor belongs to
Each user with whiteboard access should be able to draw
Revoke whiteboard access from a user which is not presenter. Only the presenter should be able to do this. It must not be possible to revoke whiteboard access from the presenter
The presenter should see the number of users with whiteboard access in the toolbar

Whiteboard access for all users

Grant whiteboard access to all users. Each user should have a cursor and should be able to draw
New users joining the meeting should not get whiteboard access
The presenter should be able to revoke whiteboard access from individual users

Upload slides

Upload slides in PDF format
Upload slides in some office format
Both should work
You should be able to upload multiple documents at once
Documents should be converted in background

choose a video URL from a supported video CDN like Youtube or Vimeo
as a presenter choose “share external video” from the actions menu
paste in the selected video URL
playback of the video should start, ensure that the video starts for all participants in the meeting
pause the video, ensure that it pauses for all participants. Compare the playback time of the video. It should be synchronized
play the video again. All participants should see the video playing
skip to some point in the timeline of the video. It should skip in the timeline for all participants
terminate sharing of the video. No participant should see the shared video anymore
Share a video again
switch the presenter
playback of the external video should be terminated immediately for all participants

Choose a video URL for an MP4 or WebM video
ensure that browsers can play the video. For MP4 videos this depends on the settings chosen during video encoding. Not all browser can play all mp4 videos
repeat the steps from “Share an external Youtube/Vimeo video”

Polls

Manual polls

Do some manual polls of all available types
If you enter a question, users should see the question as well as the answers
If you start a poll of type user response, the question should be mandatory
Finish the poll. The results should be drawn on the whiteboard and published as a message in the public chat

Switch presenter during poll

Start some poll (type does not matter)
Start the polling (users should be able to give answers)
Switch the presenter
The poll should be aborted

Polls with individual answers

Start a poll with user response
Type in something with a colon ‘:’ in the answer.
In the poll results, the answer should not be cut at the colon
Type in somethin with unicode characters (emojis for example)
Similar answers should be grouped together

Polls with ‘anonymous’ answers

When starting a poll select Anonymous Poll ON (slider above StartPoll)
- Meeting participants should see a label on the polling options window indicating that the poll is anonymous
- The presenter (in fact nobody) should not be able to associate an answer to a person during the polling process
- After publishing the poll, the results (slide annotation/public chat report) should not allow associating a poll answer to a user

Chat

Scrolling

Type in some random messages in the public chat until there is a scroll bar in the chat panel
Scroll down to the last message
when someone else sends a chat message, the new message should appear after the other messages
The recently typed chat message should be visible without user interaction (it should scroll down)
scroll up a little bit, so that the last chat message is no longer visible
let someone else send a chat message
The messages in the chat panel should not scroll down to the latest chat message

Message indicator

Close the chat panel
let someone else send a chat message
you should see a new message indicator next to the name of the chat showing the number of unread chat messages
you shoud see an indicator (red bullet) next to the users and messages toggle
the indicators should disappear as soon as you read the messages
repeat this for private chats

Shared notes

Open the shared notes
Type in something
Multiple users should be able to type at the same time
Users who did not open the shared notes should see an indicator next to ne shared notes button
the indicator shoudl disappear as soon as they open the shared notes

Lock settings

To open the lock settings dialog open the manage users menu (gear icon next to the users list)
choose lock viewers
select the options as described in the following tests. Settings will take effect as soon as the dialog is closed by clicking on the Apply button
Lock settings apply to regular viewers (not moderators)
For each test:
- You should be able to unlock individual users
- Click to a name of a locked user in the users list. Choose Unlock user from the menu
- the setting should not be in effect for the chosen user
- Lock the user again
- the setting should be in effect for the chosen user again

let some regular users (non-moderators) share their webcam
lock the share webcam setting
regular users should not be able to share their webcam. If they had shared their webcam before, the webcam share should be terminated
moderators should be able to share their webcam
unlock the share webcam setting
regular users should be able to share their webcam. Cameras from users who had shared their webcam before this test should not start automatically

See other viewers webcams

For this test you need at least 3 participants, (better 4):
- at least 2 regular users
- at leas 1 moderator (better 2)
all users should enable their webcams
lock the see other users webcams setting
moderators should see the webcam of all users
regular users should ony see the webcam of moderators and their own camera. They shoud not see the camera of other regular viewers
unlock the setting again
regulat users should see the cameras of all participants again. Camera streams should appear automatically without interaction from the regular users

lock the setting
Regular users should be muted and should not be able to unmute themselves. The mute/unmute button should disappear from the action items
Moderators should be able to allow individual users to unmute themselves:
- Click to a name of a locked user in the users list. Choose Unlock user from the menu
- The mute/unmute button should appear for this user
- Lock the user again
- The mute/unmute button should disappear and the user should be muted
unlock the setting
All users should be able to unmute themselves
no user should be unmuted automatically

Send public chat messages

lock the setting
regular users should not be able to send chat messages in the public chat. They should be able to send private chat messages
The input element for chat messages should be unusable. An message below the input element should explain that the public chat is locked
moderators should be able to send public chat messages
unlock the setting
all users should be able to send public chat messages

Send private chat messages

for this test you need at least 2 regular users (not moderators)
lock the setting
regular users should not be able to send chat messages to other regular users
regular users should be able to send messages to moderators
moderators should be able to send messages to all users
unlock the setting
everyone should be able to send messages to anymone

Edit shared notes

lock the setting
regular users should not be able to change the content of the shared notes
they should be able to see changes in the shared notes which are written by moderators (or unlocked users)
unlock the settings
everyone should be able to change the content of the shared notes

See other viewers in the Users list

for this test you need at least 2 regular users (not moderators)
lock the settings
regular users should see only their name and the names of all moderators in the users list
moderators should see the names of all users in the users list
unlock the setting
everyone should see the names of all users again

Breakout rooms

Users choose their breakout room

as a moderator:
- open the manage users menu (gear icon next to the users list)
- Choose “Create breakout rooms”
- check the options “Allow users to choose a breakout room to join”
- do not assign users to breakout rooms
- Create breakout rooms
All users should be able to choose a breakout room
Breakout rooms should open in a different tab in the browser
Audio should be disconnected from the main room and connected in the breakout room
If the breakout room terminates users should be (audio) connected to the main room.
If you modified the default rooms names, these names should be visible to meeting participants.

Moderators choose breakout rooms

as a moderator:
- open the manage users menu (gear icon next to the users list)
- Choose “Create breakout rooms”
- do not check the options “Allow users to choose a breakout room to join”
- assign users to breakout rooms
- Create breakout rooms
All users should be asked to join the specified breakout room
Breakout rooms should open in a different tab in the browser
Audio should be disconnected from the main room and connected in the breakout room
If the breakout room terminates users should be (audio) connected to the main room.
If you modified the default rooms names, these names should be visible to meeting participants.

Moderators modify how long the breakouts will remain

as a moderator:
- Open the manage users menu (gear icon next to the users list)
- Choose “Create breakout rooms”
- Set the duration to 10 minutes
- Proceed with the breakouts creation
- After the breakouts are active, use the Breakout Rooms menu and just above the bottom of the panel (where End all breakout rooms is located), you should see a + button beside the Duration countdown. Use the controls to extend the duration of the breakouts. The breakouts duration shold be extended (but should not exceed the pre-configured end of the main room (if any))

Closed captions

as a moderator:
- open the manage users menu (gear icon next to the users list)
- choose “Write closed captions”
- Select a language
- a panel should open with an embedded etherpad
- You should be able to write in this pad
as anyone else:
- A new button (CC) should appear in the actions bar
- Click on that button
- You should be able to choose a language. In the captions language select box you shoudl see only those languages for which moderators have started writing closed captions
- If someone writes closed captions, they should appear in the presentation area as an overlay

Layout Manager

Set a layout for yourself

Push a layout to all participants

Learning Dashboard

The Learning Dashboard should not be available after learningDashboardCleanupDelayInMinutes=N N minutes (check bbb-web configuration)
Only moderators should have access to the Learning Dashboard. Join a meeting as viewer, try to access the dashboard (via link sent to you from a moderator), you should not be able to view information about the session.
Join as a viewer, have a moderator promote you to moderator. Try viewing the dashboard (you should be able to). Have the moderator demote you back to viewer. There should be no more live updates for you (every 10s typically) and if you were to refresh the dashboard page, you should no longer be able to access the information.
Recording playback

Recording’s public chat includes polling result

Recording’s public chat includes links to external videos shared in the meeting

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