Status | Feature | Description | Limitations | Benefits |
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HTML5 | Built using HTML5 technology to work in any internet browser without the need to download software or plugins. | -- | Better compatibility across devices including mobile devices, faster performance, less technical issues. | |
WEBRTC | Leveraging technology built in to most internet browsers for live video. | Browser must support WEBRTC, compatible browsers include: Chrome, FireFox, Internet Explorer Edge, Opera. | Better compatibility across devices, faster performance, serverless p2p communication, less technical issues. | |
Audio FallBack | Automatically disables video on slow connections to optimise audio. | -- | Improves user experience by automatically optimising the audio and video stream based on available bandwith for slow connections. | |
Load Balancer | Several servers manage website traffic load and evenly distribute across servers based on location. Capacity can be automatically increased by 400% within seconds to deal with spikes in traffic, no single point of failure ensures enterprise level performance and reliability. | -- | Faster service with multiple servers across several continents, inbuilt redundancy for reliable performance. | |
CDN | Content Distribution Network, static content is served by a server closest to the student or teacher, nodes in most capital cities (map). | -- | Reduced latency and faster performance worldwide, by serving files from servers in a closer physical locations (Using CoudFlares global network) | |
STUN, TURN & ICE | We use these 3 technologies to improve reliability of connections behind firewalls. | Default ports must still be enabled, for more info see Firewall settings for Virtual Classroom. | This improves the chances of successfully connecting from behind a firewall. |
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