EDV:Conf.dfn.de

DFN offers an own system for web conferences.

Join a conference

Open https://conf.dfn.de, use the conference number you received from the invitation & you can see the participants on the left (You have to enter the pin if only selected guests are to be participated).

To set up your system click on the three dots on the left & choose "Select media device", here you can select the speaker, microphone and the camera.

To test your settings you can join a "testcall".

Set up an own conference

Here are the steps to follow.

Go to https://my.conf.dfn.de/disco/, choose "Universität Heidelberg" and login with your Uni-Account (e.g. xx123) (or select the organization that provides you the account)

To create a new conference select "NEUER MEETINGRAUM" & enter a name (e.g. "KIP EDV") and a pin (e.g. "1234").

For additional settings, click on "Mehr Einstellungen" to have the below options.

• Beschreibung - Description of the meeting

• Gäste erlauben - Allow guest access

• Gäste-PIN - Pin for the guests

• Gäste dürfen präsentieren - Are guests allowed to present or only to view others?

• Chat aktivieren - This enables the users having Skype for Business, Lync or Infinity Connect to participate

• Layout - Sets up the layout of the conference page -

      - Shall only the speaker be shown ("Full-screen main speaker only (1 + 0 layout)") or
      - also the other participants (up to 7: "Large main speaker and up to 7 other participants (1 + 7 layout)") or
      - (up to 21: "Small main speaker and up to 21 other participants (1 + 21 layout)"). 

• Teilnehmernamen anzeigen - whether to show the name of the participants or not

• Alle Gäste stummschalten - If activated then it will mute all the devices. The audio can be activated through the web interface

• Präsentierer als Hauptsprecher festlegen - whether to show the presenter as leading speaker or not

• Leistungsmermale des Meetingraums - select what should be offered -

     - Main Video + presentation 
     - Audio only 
     - Main Video only

• Teilnehmerbegrenzung - set maximum number of participants

Login with your Uni-account:

Create a conference with the basic settings (please chose another name than "KIP EDV"):

Additional settings:

Additional informations:

• URZ: Videokonferenzen (de) / Video Conferences (en)
• DFN: DFNconf – Der Konferenzdienst im Deutschen Forschungsnetz (de)
• EDV:Conferences with Graz