Can we host events in discourse?

[Esha]

Does Discourse allow to host webinars?

[merefield (Robert)]

Discourse Zoom

Summary Discourse Zoom empowers Discourse administrators and users with a paid Zoom subscription to schedule, manage, and participate in Zoom webinars directly from their Discourse platform. Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-zoom Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse Overview This plugin integrates Zoom webinars into a Discourse instance. Zoom webinars can be associated with topics, Discourse use…

BigBlueButton video conference

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbb This plugin integrates a Discourse instance with BigBlueButton, an open source video conferencing tool designed for online learning. You will need to have a server running an instance of BBB to use this, see http://docs.bigbluebutton.org for more details. Compared to Zoom, Jitsi and Whereby, BigBlueButton has better browser support, in my tests it worked right away on all modern browsers, including Safari on iOS and Chrome on Android. Screenshots [im…

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Creating and managing events

This guide explains how to create and manage events using the Calendar and Event plugin in Discourse. It covers how to create events, set event options, interact with events, and view the upcoming events calendar. Required user level: All users (with appropriate permissions) Enabling events Events are a feature of the Calendar and Events plugin. To use this feature: Enable the Calendar and Events plugin Configure related settings For detailed instructions…

[Esha]

Thanks @merefield it definitely helps!

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

I create a topic where I list our next events, then I create a topic for each event where I write

• topic
• summary
• name of the speakers
• info about the meeting
• a poll where I ask for participation, so I know who is going to attend
• the .ics to save it on their calendar
• the link for zoom

I organized at least 40 meetings over the last two years.
At the end of the meeting I replace the zoom link with the youtube video and I use the post to follow up with the discussions. Speakers generally answer additional questions that come in the following days.

I know It’s in Italian but I hope that the “template” is clear enough.

[Esha]

Thank you for your help here. This looks good. We an have all the details on one page and can later on update Zoom/Event link with the exact video recording link. Really appreciate that.

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

Yes, it’s a bit homemade but it works like a charme