Managing Liveplay

Owned by Nick Vosburgh
Last updated: Mar 01, 2023 by Ryan Chapman
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Initial Setup

Identity Server

Before a user may interact with LivePlay features, they must have permission to do so.

Organization admin’s must enable the LIVEPLAY_MEMBER role under the Liveplay section inside the Edit User view. This view may be accessed at https://{base_url}/is/org/{your_organization}/manage/users/{user_id}

Launch Server

There are 3 different types of LivePlay users that follow different steps to engaging with LivePlay.

Hosting

If the user intends to host a session they must do the following:

Necessary for enabling the scenario to use LivePlay.

  1. From the Launch Server, create or edit a module and under the Module Information section the user will flip on the Enable LivePlay toggle.

  2. Create or edit a launcher to use the respective module and assign a learner for the host.

3. From the Unity Application, input the respective launcher’s code to begin a session as a host.

A host may invite participates/observers into the session through the LivePlay Sessions dashboard.

You may toggle Observers Only on to force all participants to be observers. Observers may not interact with the scenario.

Participating/Observing

If the user intends to join an existing session they must do the following:

  1. From the Launch Server, navigate to the LivePlay Sessions dashboard.

  2. Existing sessions will populate under the ACTIVE SESSIONS view, selecting Join will generate a launcher with a launch code.

  3. From the Unity Application, input the generated code to join the session.

 

Select Join.

 

 

 

Selecting invite will allow the user to generate a launch code for a specific learner.

Streaming

If the user intends to watch the session, they must do the following:

  1. From the Launch Server, navigate to the LivePlay Sessions dashboard.

  2. Under the ACTIVE SESSIONS view selecting Watch will navigate to the stream page.

  3. To receive a live stream the host of the session must enable LIVEPLAY STREAMING under Admin Menu → LivePlay of the Unity Application.

  4. To enable voice chatting with others also watching the stream, select the Connect button above the chat box.

 

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