Plugin Management

Opencast comes with a number of plugins which allow you to turn additional functionality off and on. Plugins can be enabled at runtime in etc/org.opencastproject.plugin.impl.PluginManagerImpl.cfg by setting the specific configuration to on or off.

List of Available Plugins

• opencast-plugin-legacy-annotation
  • Legacy annotation functionality. We do not recommend turning this on. It also requires additional configuration in the player. It's kept for a few legacy use-cases.
• opencast-plugin-paella-player-6
  • Old paella player version 6
• opencast-plugin-transcription-services
  • Support for the Amberscript transcription service
  • Support for the Google cloud transcription service
  • Support for the IBM cloud transcription service
  • Support for the Microsoft Azure cloud transcription service
• opencast-plugin-userdirectory-brightspace
  • Module allowing Opencast to look up users in a Brightspace LMS
• opencast-plugin-userdirectory-canvas
  • Module allowing Opencast to look up users in a Canvas LMS
• opencast-plugin-userdirectory-moodle
  • Module allowing Opencast to look up users in a Moodle LMS
• opencast-plugin-userdirectory-sakai
  • Module allowing Opencast to look up users in a Sakai LMS
• opencast-plugin-userdirectory-studip
  • Module allowing Opencast to look up users in a Stud.IP LMS
• opencast-plugin-usertracking
  • Legacy user tracking module. We do not recommend turning this on. It also requires additional configuration in the player. It's kept for a few legacy use-cases.