BigBlueButton UpdateEasy-to-use Virtual Classrooms

Fred DixonBigBlueButton Product Manager

ffdixon@bigbluebutton.org

Mission

Provide remote students a high-quality online learning experience

BigBlueButton

BigBlueButton

Open Source Web Conferencing for online learning

● Originated at Carleton University 2007● 8+ years of development● Localized in 25+ languages

US DoD built a system around BigBlueButton and expects to save $12m/year.

See article: http://goo.gl/j0VluQ

Engage Online Students

● Audio, Video, Slides● Whiteboard (multi-user)● Chat, Polls, Emoticons● Screen Sharing● Shared Notes● Breakout Rooms● Accessibility

○ JAWS○ Closed Captioning

Setup your own server (30 minutes or less)

https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/

LocalizationLocalized in over 25 languages.

We have over 300+ collaborators helping us localize BigBlueButton on Tranisfex.

http://bigbluebutton.org/accessibility/

Development Community (github)

BigBlueButton Committers

Richard AlamLead Architect

Anton GeorgievHTML5

Felipe CecagnoClient/Server

(Mconf)

Tiago Jacobsred5

(iMDT)

Calvin WaltonRecord and Playback

Fred DixonProduct Management

Chad PilkeyClient

Ease of Use

Simple options

Clear Controls

Session Title Share audio, webcam, and screen Start/Stop Record

Yes, we can do 15 webcams :-)

Student Engagement

Polling

Emoticons

Breakout Rooms

Instructor can specify

● Number of breakout rooms (2-5)

● Time limit● drag-and-drop

students between rooms

Multi-user Whiteboard

Each user has their name associated with their cursor.

Shared Notes window

Access Shared Notes window in

the “Shared Notes” layout

❶ ❷ ❸

Launch (up to two) new Shared Notes windows and clear the note (moderator only)

Modify formatting (font/size) of text

Download text

❶

❷

❸

Multiple users can type in the shared notes at the same time (cool!)

Moodle Integration

Deep integration with Moodle

Moodle Plugin Directory

#2

Activity Plugins

Moodle Cloud

Merged RecordingsBN functionality

Room/Activity with recordings

Room/Activity only

Recordings only

Major refactoring

Features you won’t find in Moodle Cloud (yet)

Recordings

Thumbnails

Edit recording name and description

Edit recording name and description

Import recording links

Coming up for BigBlueButtonBN!

Support for Moodle Mobile

Support for Moodle Analytics

BigBlueButton HTML5 Client

test.bigbluebutton.org

HTML5 client road map<= 2017

- All viewer capabilities (minus the two-way video)- Android and iOS mobile client

> 2018

- Moderator/Presenter capabilities- Two-way video

The goal is for the HTML5 client to become the default client

One More Thing :-)

Want to add audio/video to any editable text?

FutureBigBlueButtonBN integration

- Mobile- Analytics

BigBlueButton

- Pure HTML5 architecture- Support for multiple presentations and chat- Guest management

All things BigBlueButtonHome Page http://bigbluebutton.org/

YouTube http://youtube.com/bigbluebutton

Source http://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton

Twitter @bigbluebutton

Docs http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/

FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/bigbluebutton

Summary

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system

We focus on market: online learning

http://bigbluebutton.org/

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