Using the Element webclient
Start here: https://chat.fbi.h-da.de
No registration is necessary, the service works immediately by clicking on “Sign in” on the homepage https://chat.fbi.h-da.de.
The drop-down menu “Log in with:” should be left at “User name”. Then the following entries must be made:
Username: University-Login (only the University-Login, no e-mail address!)
Password: University-Password
An alternative login, e.g. using the e-mail address, is NOT possible during the first, initial login, only after the second login.
After the first login there is also no e-mail / confirmation mail.
Analogous to e-mail addresses, this results in Matrix addresses with the following structure:
@University-Login:matrix.fbi.h-da.de
If you want to start immediately with the common available Matrix Client instead of the above mentioned website (Element Web-App installed at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences), it is important to change the home server from the default matrix.org to matrix.fbi.h-da.de (shown in the following three screenshots)
- click on “Edit”
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Enter the matrix home server address of the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
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Click “Continue” to fill in theyour credentials fitting the description for the Element chat client in chapter “First Steps”.
Browser settings
Browser selection
Recommend browsers are Firefox, Chromium, and newer versions of MS Edge (based on Chromium). Older or unsuitable browsers may only show a white page.
NoScript
Many people use script blockers to protect themselves from tracking and malware in the browser, i.e. with NoScript. Change the following settings (for the integration manager, e.g. Jitsi/Etherpad)
Source: TU Dresden
Cookies
Also, allow cookies from
- h-da.de
- vector.im (for the integration manager)